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Populations
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Biology
10th Grade
05/07/2012

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population density
Definition
how crowded area is
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dispersion
Definition
how individuals in a population are spread out
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density independent factors
Definition
weather, floods, fire, reduce population by same proportion regardless of size
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density dependent factors
Definition
resource limitations, water, food, disease, shelter, shortages
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measuring populations
Definition
birth rate, death rate, expectancy
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type 1
Definition
few offspring but live to old age, people
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type 2
Definition
constant rate of dying off, rodents
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type 3
Definition
many kids only a few live
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r-strategists
Definition
plenty offspring hope some survive
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k-strategists
Definition
few offspring, guaranteed adulthood
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environmental science
Definition
study of looking at relationships between humans and the earth
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declining ozone
Definition
protects life from ultraviolet light
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increasing Co2 levels
Definition
because of fossil fuel use, will kill all ocean life or planet heats rapidly
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deforestation
Definition
limits plants ability to take up Co2
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biodiversity extermination
Definition
killing off species
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fragmentation
Definition
small chunks of habitat because we are killing communities for our own benefit
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genetic pollution
Definition
adding genes to organisms accidentally
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r=
Definition
birth rate - death rate
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G=
Definition
rN(number in population)
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