Download chapter 4 vocabulary - Flushing Community Schools

Chapter 4
Vocabulary
Chapter 3 Vocabulary Terms
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Population density
Dispersion
Density-independent factor
Density-dependent factor
Population growth rate
Emigration
Immigration
Carrying capacity
•
•
•
•
Demography
Demographic transition
Zero population growth (ZPG)
Age structure
Population Density
Dispersion
Density-Independent
Factor
Density-Dependent
Factor
Population Growth
Rate
Emigration
Immigration
Carrying Capacity
Demography
Demographic
Transition
Zero Population Growth
(ZPG)
Age Structure
movement of
individuals away
from a
population
in any population, the
number of individuals in
their pre-reproductive,
reproductive, and postreproductive years
environmental factor,
such as storms and
extreme heat or cold,
that affects populations
regardless of their
density
population change
from high birth rates
and death rates to low
birth rates and death
rates
how fast a
specific
population grows
largest number of
individuals in a
species that an
environment can
support long-term
movement of
individuals into a
population
environmental factor, such
as predation, disease, and
competition, that depends
on the number of members
in a population per unit
area
occurs when the
birthrate equals
the death rate
arrangement of a
population in its
environment
number of
organisms per
unit of living area
study of human
populations based on
size, density,
movement,
distribution, and birth
and death rates