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Population Test
Population and Community Ecology
Levels of organization
Individualpopulationcommunityecosystembiosphere
Population distribution
Random
Uniform
clumped
Density dependent factors
Density independent factors
Population growth rate
Crude growth rate
Exponential growth rate-J shaped curve
Intrinsic growth rate
Carrying capacity-S shaped curve
Survivorship curves
K-selected species
r-selected species
Limiting resource
Competition
Competitive exclusion principle
Resource partitioning
Symbiosis
Predation
parasitism
Mutualism
Commensalism
Keystone species
Pioneer species
Primary succession
Secondary succession
Human Population
Estimated population size by 2100
Thomas Malthus- Theoretical model of food supply
Changes in population sizeCrude birth rate
Crude death rate
Infant and child mortality rate
U.S. (socioeconomic differences)
Doubling time-rule of 70
Total fertility rate
Replacement fertility (factors)
Aging and disease
Age structure diagrams
Pyramid shaped
Inverted pyramid shaped
Column shaped
Theory of demographic transition
Phase one
Phase two
Phase three
Phase four
Population in developed vs developing countries
U.S population
U.S. ecological footprint
IPAT equation
Urban areas
GDP
Essay-You will be given information about a country’s population…be able
to:
1. calculate the change in population
2. describe/explain the stages of demographic transition, including specific
evidence.
3. describe shape of age structure diagram
4. calculate number of additional people in a population
5. calculate doubling time