Study guide 9.1

Question 1

what is a population

Answer 1

a group of organisms living in a certain area

Question 2

what is distribution

Answer 2

how spread out a population is

Question 3

what is density

Answer 3

the number of organisms in a given area

number of individuals/area or volume

Question 4

types of distribution

Answer 4

uniform/random/clumped

Question 5

uniform

Answer 5

seed distribution

Question 6

clumped

Answer 6

protection/ample resources

Question 7

mark & recapture

Answer 7

total # marked/total pop. =
# marked/total recaptured

Question 8

random sampling

Answer 8

organisms captured times the area.