Biodiversity Padlet Vocab by Abiasaph Torres

Demography

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The study of statistics such as births and deaths.

Exponential Growth

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Exponential growth is a pattern of data that shows greater increases with passing time.

Age Structure

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The distribution of people of various ages in a population.

Survivorship

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Being able to live in the in a serten habitat.

Fertility Rate

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Number of children born to women during their reproductive years.

Death Rate

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How much deaths to the population of a particular area.

Replacement Level

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Number of children a couple must produce to replace themselves so as to maintain population at zero growth level.

Migration

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Movement of animals or person from one region to another.

Immigration

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The action of coming to live permanently in a different place.

Emigration

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The act of leaving one's own country to settle permanently in another country.

Life Expectancy

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The average period that a person may expect to live.

Infant Mortality

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The death of children under the age of one year.

Demographic Transition

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Model used to represent the movement of high birth and death rates.

Urbanization

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The process of making an area more of a town.

Growth rate

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The rate at which something, in particular an economy or business, grows.

Exponential Growth

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Growth whose rate becomes ever more rapid.

Natural Selection

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Process through which populations of living organisms adapt and change.

Carrying Capacity

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Maximum population that an area can support.

Limiting resource

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Factor or condition that impedes the growth.

Nonrenewable Resource

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Natural substance or material that cannot be replaced.

Renewable Resource

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Natural resource that can be replenished naturally with the passage of time.

Competition

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A competition or contest is an event where people get together to see who the best at something is.

Predation

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The preying of one animal on others.

Niche

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A comfortable or suitable position in life.