chpt. 7

Question 1

population

Answer 1

all the inhabitants of a particular town, area, or country.

Question 2

density

Answer 2

the degree of compactness of a substance.

Question 3

dispersion

Answer 3

the action or process of distributing things or people over a wide area.

Question 4

growth rate

Answer 4

Growth rates refer to the percentage change of a specific variable within a specific time period. For investors, growth rates typically represent the compounded annualized rate of growth of a company’s revenues, earnings, dividends or even macro concepts, such as gross domestic product (GDP) and retail sales.

Question 5

reproductive

Answer 5

relating to or effecting reproduction.

Question 6

potential

Answer 6

having or showing the capacity to become or develop into something in the future.

Question 7

exponential growth

Answer 7

(of an increase) becoming more and more rapid.

Question 8

carrying capacity

Answer 8

the number of people, other living organisms, or crops that a region can support without environmental degradation.

Question 9

niche

Answer 9

a specialized segment of the market for a particular kind of product or service.

Question 10

competition

Answer 10

the activity or condition of competing.

Question 11

predation

Answer 11

the preying of one animal on others.

Question 12

parasitism

Answer 12

Parasitism, relationship between two species of plants or animals in which one benefits at the expense of the other, sometimes without killing the host organism