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AICE / AP Environmental Management Guided Reading
Chapters 6-7: Populations and Community Ecology, Human
Populations
Make 3 column notes for the following vocabulary words. (10 points)
Column headings should be: Term, Definition, Example (in words or pictures)
This assignment is worth 20 points and is due Monday, September 29.
Population
Population density
Density dependent factor
Growth rate
Population overshoot
Survivorship curve
Competitive exclusion principle
Parasitism
Commensalism
Predator-mediated competition
Immigration
Crude death rate
Developed countries
Age structure diagrams
Affluence
Population ecology
Population distribution
Density independent factor
Exponential growth
R-strategist species
Community ecology
Resource partitioning
Parasitoid
Symbiosis
Ecosystem engineers
Emigration
Doubling time
Developing countries
Population pyramid
IPAT equation
Population size
Limiting factor
Carrying capacity
Logistic growth
K-strategist species
Competition
Predation
Mutualism
Keystone species
Demography
Crude birth rate
Total fertility rate
Newly industrialized countries
Family planning
Gross domestic Product
Points to Ponder: Answer the following questions in complete sentences:
1. Read the chapter 7 opener about China’s environmental struggles as its affluence increases.
Discuss how a rapidly developing China is impact the global environment. (3pts)
2. Explain in your own words the theory of demographic transition. Describe all four stages of
growth. Where in this pattern of nations does the United States fall? Justify your response. (3 pts)
3. Read the “Science Applied” section of Chapter 7 on pages 202-205. What are some ways that we
manage animal populations? Describe at least two, and provide your opinion of whether you think
these are positive management strategies or if you believe there are ethical issues involved. (4 pts)