The number of individuals per unit area
(population) Density
What type of curve is being shown in the image?
Logistic
What type of curve is being shown in the image?
Exponential
The largest number of individuals that an area can support is called its
Carrying capacity
All the organisms of a particular type living in the same place at the same time is called a _______. An example is a herd of zebra.
Population
What is the carrying capacity of the population portrayed in this graph?
About 500
Human population growth started during this time period
Industrial Revolution
A country with an age structure that looks like this will most likely _________ in population.
Increase
What is the range of the American wood turtle?
Mostly in the northeast US and parts of Canada
The ecological role an organism performs in their specific environment is considered the organism's
niche
What type of succession is shown going from figure A to figure B?
Secondary
Species who have the niche of being early colonizers to new ecosystems
Pioneer Species
Succession that occurs in an area with NO SOIL
Primary
This type of succession that occurs after a forest fire
Secondary
The end result of ecological succession is usually a(n)
Climax Community
True/False: Climate change can be an ecological disturbance that many ecosystems may not recover from
True
