Study Guide to Chapter 5 s2

Population Dynamics Study Guide name ______1. Define: Keystone species. Give ex.

2. Identify FOUR features of population dynamics (p161) :

3. Identify THREE types of distribution within populations. Which is most common & why?

4. Write equation for population change:

5. Describe how the Age Structure of a population affects its growth rate

6. Define/Describe the following: a. Biotic potential

b. Intrinsic rate of increase

c. Environmental Resistance

d. Carrying Capacity

e. Overshoot

f. Population crash

7. Draw and Label: Draw and Label: The Logistic Growth Curve, the The Exponential Growth curve Carrying Capacity, overshoot, fluctuation, & crash

8. Identify FOUR density dependent factors that affect population growth 9. Identify FOUR density independent factors that affect population growth: Physical: Catastrophic:

10. Identify & describe the FOUR general patterns of Population Change

11. List characteristics of K-selected species.

Identify TWO examples of K-selected species: ______& ______12. List characteristics of r-selected species.

Identify TWO examples of r-selected species: ______& ______

13. Identify, describe, & give example of the THREE survivorship curves

14. Identify the current world population: ______Current US population: ______15. List 3 major factors explaining exponential growth of human population of last 200 years

16. What is current population growth rate of World ______17. Define optimum sustainable population

18. Define: a. Birth & Death Rates

b. Replacement-level Fertility

c. Total Fertility Rate (TFR)

d. Zero Population Growth (ZPG): Happens when Birth Rate = ______and when Total Fertility Rate = ______19. List the factors affecting Birth Rates

20. What the effect of large numbers under the age of 15?

21. What are negatives effects of rapid population growth?

22. What are effects of rapid population decline Negative Positive

23. Describe the FOUR demographic transitions: a.

24. In terms of population growth, what is the worse stage for a country to become stuck?

25. Which stages have: a. zero growth b. exponential growth c. slowing growth 26. Draw & label an accurate graph of the demographic transitions of human population growth. Show birth, death, and growth rates. 27. Identify the age structure diagrams below: Rapid, Stable, and Declining population growth.

28. List possible solutions to reducing population growth

29. Describe the purpose & list some goals of the Cairo Summit:

30. Describe India issues with population:

31. Describe China's methods to reduce their population growth and identify TWO possible problems with the programs:

32. Identify FIVE environmental impacts of the growth population as growth destroys habitat and reduces biodiversity:

33. Identify the most populous country: ______2nd______3rd______

34. What is formula for Doubling Time (Rule of 70)

35. Calculate doubling time in years for 5% & 2% growth rate 5%: ______, 2% ______36. What is the formula for Growth Rate: a. Using raw numbers

b. Using birth & death rates 37. Distinguish between developing and developed countries: (pp notes: slide#71)

38. Describe urbanization and its impact on growth rate

39. What is correlation between population growth and a. poverty

b. infant mortality

c. infectious diseases

d. unemployment

e. political stability