1. KEY CONCEPT Populations grow in predictable patterns.

2. Changes in a population’s size are determined by immigration, births, emigration, and deaths.
The size of a population is always changing.
Four factors affect the size of a population.
immigration
births
emigration
deaths

3. Population growth is based on available resources.
Exponential growth is a rapid population increase due to an abundance of resources.

4. Logistic growth is due to a population facing limited resources.

5. Carrying capacity is the maximum number of individuals in a population that the environment can support.
A population crash is a dramatic decline in the size of a population over a short period of time.

6. Ecological factors limit population growth.
A limiting factor is something that keeps the size of a population down.
Density-dependent limiting factors are affected by the number of individuals in a given area.

7. Density-dependent limiting factors are affected by the number of individuals in a given area.
predation
competition
parasitism and disease

8. Density-independent limiting factors limit a population’s growth regardless of the density.
unusual weather
natural disasters
human activities

9. The movement of a single caribou into a herd is called
Immigration
Emigration
Population
Competition

10. What pattern of growth will a population with limited resources show?
Exponential
Logistic
Density-dependent
Density-independent

11. The carrying capacity is most likely to change
If emigration take place
When resources remain the same
For all species at the same time
After a fire or flood

12. Disease may spread more easily when an area is crowded, so disease is considered to be a
Type 1 survivorship curve
Population crasher
Density-dependent limiting factor
Requirement for logistic growth

13. Which of the following is an example of a density-independent limiting factor?
A parasite
A decrease in prey
A food shortage
A natural disaster