Environmental Science 2.2 Quiz Review | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

Lack of food, natural disasters, disease, and predation are reasons why a population might ___ in size.

Decrease

Humans commonly move from place to place, affecting the local ___ size.

Population

Improvements in water treatment and medical care have helped reduce human ___.

Death Rates

Better access to food and other ___, such as fossil fuels, cloth, and metals, has led to human birthrates being higher than death rates.

Resources

Human population growth can have negative effects on other ___.

Species

Unlike other species, humans have developed ways to increase the ___ of their environment.

Carrying Capacity

Human population size is affected by the same three factors that determine the sizes of all populations—birthrate, death rate, and ___.

Movement

___ is the instinctive seasonal movement of a population of organisms from one place to another. Many animals migrate to where food is more available.

Migration

A ___ is a species that is at risk but is not yet endangered.

Threatened Species

An ___ is a species whose population is at risk of extinction.

Endangered Species

Extinctions can be caused by predation, natural disasters, or damage to the ___.

Environment

An ___ is a species that has died out and has no living individuals.

Extinct Species

Food shortages, natural disasters, disease, and predation can ___ population size.

Reduce

During ___, as a population gets larger, it grows at a faster rate.

Exponential Growth

When a population is in ideal conditions with unlimited resources, it grows in a pattern called ___.

Exponential Growth

The ____ is the number of individuals that die over a given time period.

Death Rate

A population’s _____ is the number of offspring produced over a given time period.

Birthrate