Bio 220 Exam 2 2023/2024 with 100% correct answers

Factors that limit population size - correct answer disease, war, famine, migration, high infant mortality, cultural factors (late marriage) etc. Carrying Capacity - correct answer number of organisms in a given species that can be supported indefinitely Malthus - correct answer Wrote "An Essay on the Principle of Population" 1798 -predicts population (exponential growth) will outgrow food supply (steady growth)--environmental degradation Demography - correct answer -The scientific study of population ecology to the study of humans -Vital statistics: population size, structure, sex, age, BR, DR, migration Crude Birth Rate - correct answer number of births per year for every 1,000 people Crude Death Rate - correct answer number of deaths per year for every 1,000 people Marx - correct answer Argues population growth results from poverty and resource depletion Zero Population Growth - correct answer occurs when birth rate and death rate are equal/stable Total Fertility Rate (TFR) - correct answer estimated average number of children a woman produces in her child bearing years Replac