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Guided Notes for population growth
1. What are the four resources that control population? __________________________________
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2. Draw the three survivorship curves.
3. Explain the three types of survivorship curves
a. Type 1: _________________________________________________________________
b. Type 2: _________________________________________________________________
c. Type 3: _________________________________________________________________
4. Draw both the Exponential and Logistic Growth curves.
5. Differences between exponential and Logistic Growth curves.
Exponential
Logistic
6. What does population density mean? _______________________________________________
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7. Density-dependent means? _______________________________________________________
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8. What are the density-dependent factors?
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b. ________________________________________________________________________
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9. What does density-independent mean? ______________________________________________
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10. What are some density-independent limiting factors? __________________________________
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11. Using the numbers for population and years draw a line graph from the given populations.
12. What kind of population curve did you create in 11? ____________________________________
13. What do you think caused the decrease from 2005 to 2010? _____________________________
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14. Looking at the graph what do you think the population will be in 2020 and why?
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