| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Birth within the population | Natality |
| Death within the population | Mortality |
| Arrival of individuals from outside the population… | Immigration |
| Departure of individuals from the population… | Emigration |
| Growth Rote = | Crude Birth Rate + Immigration Rate – (Crude Death Rate + Emigration) |
| Physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of the environment that restrain population growth: | Limiting Factors |
| Interaction of limiting factors is commonly is referred as: | Carrying Capacity |
| Curve that rises sharply at first but then begins to level off as the effect of limiting factors become stronger: | Growth Curve |
| The forces that stabilize population size and carrying capacity: | Environmental Resistance |
| Common examples of Limiting Factors: | Water, Space, Food, Disease |
| Biotic potential based on quantity not quality: | r-selected |
| Biotic potential based on devoting large amount of energy and resource to caring for and protecting the relatively few offspring – | K-Selected |
| Disappearance of species from Earth: | Extinction |
| Sum total of all organisms in an area: | Biodiversity |
| Population or group of populations whose members share certain characteristics and can freely breed with one another and produce entire offspring: | Species |
| Group of individuals that live in the same area: | Population |
| The process by which new species are generated is termed: | Speciation |
