Population And Natural Resources

Question 1

Population

Answer 1

Individual organisms of a single species that share the same geographic location at the same time.

Question 2

Exponential growth

Answer 2

Pattern of growth in which a population of organisms grow faster as it increases in size, resulting in a population explosion.

Question 3

Carry capacity

Answer 3

Number of organisms that a specific environment can support.

Question 4

Density-independent factor

Answer 4

Environment factor that does not depend on population size, such as storms, flood, fires, or population.

Question 5

Density-dependent factor

Answer 5

Environment factor, such as disease, predators, or lack of food, that increasingly affects a population as the populations size increase.