4.2 Flashcards

(9 cards)

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Population size

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Describes the number of individual organisms present in a given population at a given time

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Population density

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The number of individuals within a population per unit area

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Population distribution

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Sometimes callled population dispersion, describes how organisms are arranged within an area

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Age structure

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Describes the relative numbers of organisms of each age within a population

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Age structure diagrams

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They are visual tools scientists use to show the age structure of populations

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Sex ration

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Its proportion of males to females

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Random distribution

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Individual organisms are arranged within a space with no pattern

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Uniform distribution

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One individual organism are evenly spaced throughout an area

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Clumped distribution

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Individual organisms arrange themselves according to the availability of the resources the need to survive

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