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.
Questions 1 – 6:
A. age-structure pyramids
B. biotic potential
C. carrying capacity
D. albedo
E. birth rate
F. 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
Questions 7 – 12:
A. demographic transition model
B. ecological footprint
C. immigration
D. emigration
E. genetic drift
F. 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
Questions 13- 17:
A. population density
B. total fertility rate
C. logistic population growth
D. r-selected
E. replacement birth rate
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
ANSWERS:
1. E
8. C
2. F
9. A
3. B
10. B
4. A
11. F
5. C
12. E
6. D
13. E
7. D
14. C
15. B
16. A
17. D