Across
- 4. the term ecologists use to describe the number of individuals moving into a population
- 5. explains how fast a given population grows
- 7. the study of human population, size, density, distribution, movement, and birth and death rates
- 8. the number of organisms per unit of living area is called population _____________.
- 10. Carrying ______________ is the maximum number of individuals in a species that an environment can support for the long term
Down
- 1. the term ecologists use to describe the number of individuals moving away from a population
- 2. _____________ transition: population change from high birth rates and death rates to low birth rates and death rates
- 3. the pattern of spacing of a population within an area
- 6. _____ structure: the number of males and females in a population in each of three age groups: pre-reproductive stage, reproductive stage, and post-reproductive stage
- 9. a trend that populations can experience in which births plus immigration equals deaths plus emigration
