I.  Population Structure
A.  Be able to fully explain and apply the following:
     1.  What is a population?
     2.  population density
     3.  population spacing patterns
     4.  population age distributions
 

II.  Population Dynamics
A.  Be able to fully explain and apply the following:
     1. Factors that effect population levels and the population dynamics equation.
     2.  survivorship curves
 

III.  Patterns of Population Growth
A.  Be able to fully explain and apply the following:
     1. Exponential growth
     2. Sigmoidal Growth
     3. Where on these population growth curves is the growth rate greatest?
     4.  carrying capacity

IV.  Population Regulation
A.  Be able to fully explain and apply the following:
     1. density-dependent factors
     2. density-independent factors
     3. r-selected species
     4. k-selected species
 

V.  HUMAN POPULATION LEVELS
A.  Be able to fully explain and apply the following:
    1.  What is the current human population on Earth?
    2.  How long did it take to reach that level?
    3.  This representative of what kind of growth curve?
 

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