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Populations and the Environment Answers

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Differentiate between population density and population distribution.

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Population density is the number of individuals in a population per unit area. Population distribution is the pattern in which individuals in a population are dispersed in an area.

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A population may grow through births or immigration, the movement of individuals into a population.
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A population may shrink through deaths or emigration, the movement of individuals out of a population.
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Population growth may be calculated using the formula:(birth rate + immigration) – (death rate + emigration) = population growth
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Explain how birth rate, immigration, death rate, and emigration affect population growth.

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Birth rate and immigration increase population size because they add individuals. Death rate and emigration decrease population size because they remove individuals. Population growth = (birth rate + immigration) - (death rate + emigration).

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