Environmental Science Test 2

Test 2 review

73 cards   |   Total Attempts: 189
  

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Define Demography
How many people, things about them, and changes over time.
Define continuous growth
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Define exponential growth
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Define population growth rate (R)
Births + immigration - death - emigration = R
Define age structure of a population
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Define stable age distrubution
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Define population pyramid (age structure table)
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Thomas Malthus
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Carrying capacity (K)
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Inflection point
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Define density-dependent factors on population
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Define density-independent factors on populations
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History of human population
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Interpretation of population pyramids (age structure tables)
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Density dependent effects and carrying capacity (K)
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