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FREE SCIENCE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT APES UNIT 3
VOCAB EXAM QUESTIONS
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Question 1: Developing country
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A country with relatively low levels of industrialization and income.
Question 2: Invasive species
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A species that spreads rapidly across large areas and causes harm
Question 3: Fertility
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the quality of being fertile; productiveness.OR A measure of how well soil supports plant growth
Question 4: Industrialized economic system
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Transformational change of the human society socially and economically from an agrarian society into an industrial one
Question 5: Birth rate
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Frequency of live births in a given population (conventionally calculated as the annual number of live births per 1,000 inhabitants)
Question 6: Abundant
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Plentiful; more than enough
Question 7: r-selected species
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a species with high biotic potential whose members produce a large number of offspring in a relatively short time but dont care for their young after birth
Question 8: Demographic transition model (DTM)
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The transition from high to lower birth and death rates in a country or region as development occurs and that country moves from a pre-industrial to an industrialized economic system
Question 9: Biotic potential
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The maximum number of individuals a species can produce
Question 10: Entropy
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Randomness in a system
Question 11: specialist species
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Species with a narrow ecological niche. They may be able to live in only one type of habitat, tolerate only a narrow range of climatic and other environmental conditions, or use only one type or a few types of food.
Question 12: mortality rate
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the number of deaths per thousand
Question 13: type 3 survivorship curve
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a pattern of survival over time in which there is low survivorship early in life with few individuals reaching adulthood
Question 14: resource availability
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Amount and type of resources the project requires and their availability
Question 15: population density
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Number of individuals per unit area
Question 16: Demographic transition
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A theory that countries tend to shift from high birth and death rates to lower birth and death rates as they become wealthier and more industrialized.
Question 17: life expectancy
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The average number of years an individual can be expected to live, given current social, economic, and medical conditions. Life expectancy at birth is the average number of years a newborn infant can expect to live.
Question 18: type 2 survivorship curve
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a pattern of survival over time in which there is a relatively constant decline in survivorship throughout most of the life span
Question 19: Population Pyramid
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A model used in population geography to show the age and sex distribution of a particular population.
Question 20: population growth
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the increase in the number of individuals in a population
Question 21: Dieback
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The gradual deterioration of health in trees that can sometimes lead to tree death. (Caused by a combination of factors, such as disease and pathogens, insect attack, and/or stressful climate conditions)
Question 22: Infant mortality rate
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The number of deaths of children under 1 year of age per 1,000 live births
Question 23: pre-industrial
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1st stage in Demographic Transition Model ? Birth rates are higher due to infant & maternal mortality, lack of family planning, religious beliefs ? Death rates are higher b/c disease, famine, drought, lack of health care & education
Question 24: Famine
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The condition in which food insecurity is so extreme that large numbers of deaths occur in a given area over a relatively short period
Question 25: Carrying capacity
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The limit of how many individuals in a population the environment can sustain
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