General Biology Final Exam
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1. 3 important characteristics geographic distribution, density, and growth rate
of a population
2. 3 factors that affect popula- number of births, number of deaths, number of individuals that
tion size enter or leave the population
3. population density number of individuals per unit of area
4. immigration movement of individuals into an area occupied by an existing
population
5. emigration movement of individuals out of an area
6. exponential growth growth pattern in which the individuals in a population repro-
duce at a constant rate
7. logistic growth growth pattern in which a population's growth rate slows or
stops following a period of exponential growth
8. carrying capacity largest number of individuals of a population that a given envi-
ronment can support
9. examples of density-depen- competition, predation, parasitism, and disease
dent limiting factors
10. examples of density-inde- unusual weather, natural disasters, seasonal cycles, and cer-
pendent limiting factors tain human activities such as damming rivers and clear-cutting
forests.
11. limiting factor factor that causes the growth of a population to decrease
12. density-dependent limiting limiting factor that depends on population size
factor
13.
, General Biology Final Exam
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density-independent limiting limiting factor that affects all populations in similar ways, re-
factor gardless of population size
14. predator-prey relationship mechanism of population control in which a population is reg-
ulated by predation
15. human population tends to increase over time like the populations of many other
living organisms
16. Why do some countries have because of the characteristics of populations and the social and
high population growth rates economic factors that affect them
while populations of other
countries grow slowly or not
at all?
17. biodiversity biological diversity; the sum total of the variety of organisms in
the biosphere; one of Earth's greatest natural resources because
many species have provided us with foods, industrial products,
and medicines.
18. human activity can reduce by altering habitats, hunting species to extinction, introduc-
biodiversity by... ing toxic compounds into food webs, and introducing foreign
species to new environments.
19. ecosystem diversity variety of habitats, living communities, and ecological processes
in the living world.
20. species diversity number of different species in the biosphere
21. genetic diversity sum total of all the different forms of genetic information carried
by all organisms living on Earth today.
22. extinction disappearance of a species from all parts of fits geographical
range
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1. 3 important characteristics geographic distribution, density, and growth rate
of a population
2. 3 factors that affect popula- number of births, number of deaths, number of individuals that
tion size enter or leave the population
3. population density number of individuals per unit of area
4. immigration movement of individuals into an area occupied by an existing
population
5. emigration movement of individuals out of an area
6. exponential growth growth pattern in which the individuals in a population repro-
duce at a constant rate
7. logistic growth growth pattern in which a population's growth rate slows or
stops following a period of exponential growth
8. carrying capacity largest number of individuals of a population that a given envi-
ronment can support
9. examples of density-depen- competition, predation, parasitism, and disease
dent limiting factors
10. examples of density-inde- unusual weather, natural disasters, seasonal cycles, and cer-
pendent limiting factors tain human activities such as damming rivers and clear-cutting
forests.
11. limiting factor factor that causes the growth of a population to decrease
12. density-dependent limiting limiting factor that depends on population size
factor
13.
, General Biology Final Exam
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_e8rmv
density-independent limiting limiting factor that affects all populations in similar ways, re-
factor gardless of population size
14. predator-prey relationship mechanism of population control in which a population is reg-
ulated by predation
15. human population tends to increase over time like the populations of many other
living organisms
16. Why do some countries have because of the characteristics of populations and the social and
high population growth rates economic factors that affect them
while populations of other
countries grow slowly or not
at all?
17. biodiversity biological diversity; the sum total of the variety of organisms in
the biosphere; one of Earth's greatest natural resources because
many species have provided us with foods, industrial products,
and medicines.
18. human activity can reduce by altering habitats, hunting species to extinction, introduc-
biodiversity by... ing toxic compounds into food webs, and introducing foreign
species to new environments.
19. ecosystem diversity variety of habitats, living communities, and ecological processes
in the living world.
20. species diversity number of different species in the biosphere
21. genetic diversity sum total of all the different forms of genetic information carried
by all organisms living on Earth today.
22. extinction disappearance of a species from all parts of fits geographical
range
