1. AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE POPULATION ECOLOGY AP EXAM VOCABULARY REVIEW Answer the following questions on a sheet of paper by matching the term with the correct definition/description. Check your answers by the final slide.

2. Questions 1 – 6: A. age-structure pyramidsD. albedo B. biotic potentialE. birth rate C. carrying capacityF. death rate 1. number of live births per 1,000 members of the population in a year 2. equal to number of deaths per 1,000 members of population in a year 3. amount that population would grow if there were unlimited resources in its environment 4. graphical representation of populations’ ages 5. maximum population size that can be supported by available resources in a region 6. fraction of solar energy that is reflected back into space

3. Questions 7 – 12: A. demographic transition model D. emigration B. ecological footprintE. genetic drift C. immigrationF. k-selected 7. movement of individuals out of a population 8. movement of individual into a population 9. used to predict population trends based on birth & death rates as well as economic status of population 10. amount of earth’s surface that’s required to supply needs of & dispose of waste from particular population 11. organisms that produce later in life, produce fewer offspring, & devote significant time & energy to nurturing of offspring 12. random fluctuations in frequency of appearance of gene in small isolated population, presumably owing to chance, rather than natural selection

4. Questions 13- 17: A. population densityD. r-selected B. total fertility rateE. replacement birth rate C. logistic population growth 13. number of children a couple must have in order to replace themselves in a population 14. when population is well below size dictated by carrying capacity, will grow exponentially, but as approaches carrying capacity growth rate will decrease & size of population will stabilize 15. number of children an average woman will bear during her lifetime 16. number of individuals of a population that will inhabit a certain unit of land or water area 17. organisms that reproduce early in life & often & have a high capacity for reproductive growth

5. ANSWERS: 1. E 8. C15. B 2. F9. A16. A 3. B 10. B17. D 4. A11. F 5. C12. E 6. D13. E 7. D14. C