5.1 And 5.2 Vocab

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Population Density

Back 1

Number of individuals per unit area

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Age Structure

Back 2

The number of males and females of each age in a population

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Immigration

Back 3

Movement of individuals into an area by an existing population

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Emigration

Back 4

Movement of individuals out of area

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Exponential Growth

Back 5

Growth pattern in which the individuals in a population reproduce at a constant rate

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Logistic Growth

Back 6

Growth patterns in which populations growth slows and than stops following a period of exponential growth

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Carrying Capacity

Back 7

Largest number of individuals of a particular species that a particular environment can support

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Limiting Factor

Back 8

Factor that causes population growth to decrease

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Density-Depending Limiting Factor

Back 9

A limiting factor of a population wherein large, dense populations are more strongly affected than small, less crowded ones.

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Density-Independent Limiting Factors

Back 10

Any factor limiting the size of a population whose effect is not dependent on the number of individuals in the population.

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Sentence 5.1

Back 11

There is a large population density in New York, due to the large amount of people

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Sentence 5.2

Back 12

A limting factor was the Swine Flu last year, causing more deaths than ever before.