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1 | | Describe two ways that gene flow occurs. |
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2 | | Give an example of a population with a high number of prereproductive individuals and another with a high number of reproductive individuals. |
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3 | | Describe two situations that can lead to a clumped distribution of organisms. |
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4 | | How is population pressure related to population density? |
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5 | | In what way do the activities of species that produce few young differ from those that produce huge numbers of offspring? |
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6 | | How does reproductive capacity compare to the reproductive rate? |
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7 | | Draw a population growth curve. Label the lag, exponential growth, and stable equilibrium phases. |
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8 | | What causes a lag phase in a population growth curve? An exponential growth phase? A stable equilibrium phase? |
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9 | | Describe how the population growth curves of K-strategists and r-strategists differ. |
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10 | | Differentiate between density-dependent and density-independent limiting factors. Give an example of each. |
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11 | | Differentiate between intrinsic and extrinsic limiting factors. Give an example of each. |
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12 | | List four kinds of limiting factors that help set the carrying capacity for a species. |
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13 | | Describe an example of how waste products can limit the size of a population. |
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14 | | Give an example of how interaction between two species of organisms could allow for populations to be larger than if the interaction did not occur. |
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15 | | How is the carrying capacity of an environment related to the stable equilibrium phase of a population growth curve? |
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16 | | How are the concepts of carrying capacity and limiting factors related? |
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17 | | Describe an event that could change the carrying capacity for an organism and explain why the event would alter carrying capacity. |
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18 | | As the human population continues to grow, what should we expect to happen to other species? |
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19 | | How does the population growth curve of humans compare with that of other kinds of animals? |
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20 | | How does human population growth differ from the population growth of other kinds of organisms? |
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21 | | What forces will ultimately lead to control of human population growth. |
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