Ch5 Populations

2. A condition or resource that restricts population growth (e.g., food, water, or space).
8. The movement of individuals out of a population to another location.
12. The maximum number of individuals that an environment can sustainably support.
13. A pattern of population increase where the size of the population grows at an accelerating rate.
14. A factor that affects population size regardless of its density (e.g., natural disasters, weather).

1. The shift in a population from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates, typically as a country develops.
3. How individuals are spread out in a given area (e.g., clumped, uniform, or random).
4. A factor that affects population size more as population density increases (e.g., disease, competition).
5. A group of individuals of the same species living in a specific area.
6. The distribution of individuals of different ages within a population.
7. The statistical study of populations, including their size, structure, and growth.
9. The movement of individuals into a population from another location.
10. A population growth pattern that starts rapidly and then slows as the population reaches the carrying capacity.
11. The number of individuals of a population per unit of area or volume.