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  • Number of individuals that die over a given time period.
    Death rate
  • What does a population undergo when it has no limiting factors?
    Population movement
    Extinction
    Exponential growth
  • Which factor does not normally affect human population size?
    Population movement
    death rate
    Lack of resources
  • Describe the negative consequences of human population growth.
    With the growth of the human population, pollution from human activity, such as manufacturing and farming, destroys habitat and organisms.
  • Population that has died out.
    Extinct species
  • Number of offspring produced over a given time period.
    Birthrate
  • Population at risk but is not yet endangered.
    Threatened species
  • A robin population that reaches its biotic potential probably shows __.
    No growth
    Low groth
    Exponential growth
  • State how migration could help animal populations survive.
    Animals often migrate seasonally from cold regions where food is scarce to warm regions where food is more plentiful. Therefore, migration allows survival
  • How can humans minimize the negative effects of population growth?
    Governments can require emission control standards and safe methods of waste disposal to minimize pollution damage.
  • The number of robins that hatch in a year is the population’s ___.
    Carrying capacity
    Birthrate
    Biotic potential
  • Instinctive seasonal movement of a population.
    Migration
  • Population that is at risk of extinction.
    Endangered species