Lesson 4 - Populations

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1. What is the most common way for new individuals to join a population?
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2. Define birth rate?
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3. If a population of 75 field mice produce 1,200 mice a year, what would the birth rate be?
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4. Define death rate?
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5. If 25 deer, in a population, die in a year, what would the death rate be?
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6. If birth rate > death rate, the population will _______________________________________
7. If death rate > birth rate, the population will _______________________________________
8. Define immigration?
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9. Define emigration?
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10. If water becomes scarce and members of an antelope herd wander off and are
permanently separated from the original herd... did they immigrate or emigrate?
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11. Define population density:
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12. If you counted 12 alligators in a pond measuring 36 square meters. What would the
population density be?
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13. Define limiting factor:
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14. What are 3 examples of limiting factors in a population?

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15. Define carrying capacity:
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Extra Credit:
CALCULATE:
Suppose a population of 10 rabbits produce 100 babies in a year. If 30 rabbits die, how many
rabbits remain? (Assume no rabbits have into or out of the population for other reasons)
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