Population Ecology & Carrying Capacity
The maximum population size that an environment can sustainably support based on available resources
What is carrying capacity?
A model that describes population change over time based on birth and death rates, correlating with economic and social development.
What is the Demographic Transition Model?
The ability of an individual to read and write, with understanding, a simple short statement related to his/her everyday life.
What is literacy
OR
What is Literacy Rate?
This legislation is a comprehensive Federal law that regulates all sources of air emissions first established in 1967.
What is the Clean Air Act (CAA)?
transportation, construction, industrial/domestic activity, and seismic surveys
What are the main sources of noise pollution?
This type of water pollution often results from runoff that carries pollutants from various sources, such as agricultural fields, urban areas, and forests
What is nonpoint source pollution?
anything that constrains a population's size and slows or stops it from growing; can be biotic or abiotic.
What is a limiting factor?
The continued population growth that occurs even after birth rates decline due to a high proportion of young people in the population.
What is Population Momentum?
land capable of growing crops
What is arable land?
Chemicals found in many household products, including paints and cleaning supplies, contribute to indoor air pollution.
What are Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)?
the amount that noise pollution reduces the ability of whale populations to communicate
What is 60%?
High levels of this indicate that there's significant amounts of organic pollution, which can lead to oxygen depletion in aquatic environments.
What is Biochemical Oxygen Demand?
Exponential growth/ population growth with no limiting factors
What is a J-shape slope?
Declining population size, high affluence, and high economic development
What is Phase 4?
OR
What are the key characteristics of Phase 4 in population growth?
In nations where girls receive more years of this, the total fertility rate is lower.
What is education? OR What is schooling?
A naturally occurring radioactive gas that can accumulate in buildings and pose health risks.
What is Radon?
These devices are used for sea floor exploration and produce a significant amount of noise pollution
What are air guns?
The solid waste that settles at the bottom of the septic tank
What is septage?
Logistical growth/ population growth with limiting factors.
What is an S-shape slope?
The regulation of the number or spacing of offspring through the use of birth control
What is family planning?
The average number of years a person born today could expect to live.
What is Life Expectancy?
Ground-level ozone (O3), Particulate Matter (PM) , Carbon Monoxide (CO), Sulfur Dioxide (SO2), Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2), Lead (Pb), and Ammonia (NH3)
What are the seven pollutants monitored by the CAA?
This region of the ocean is noted for having the least amount of human noise
What is the South Pacific Ocean?
These industrial compounds were recalled from manufacturing in 1979. They are carcinogenic and lethal if ingested. They were responsible for widespread fish consumption advisories, and one of the largest environmental cleanups in U.S. history.
What are Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)?
when a population goes over their carrying capacity; the portion of a population’s ecological footprint which must be eliminated to be sustainable.
What is an overshoot?
In the 1980s, this country had one of the highest population growth rates in the world. Its government reduced total fertility rates in half by the 1990s with a strong campaign for condom use.
Who is Kenya? / What is Kenya?
the average person would have to work this number of years to reach Elon Musk's level of wealth
What is 3 million years?
A phenomenon observed, especially in office buildings, where a buildup of toxic pollutants in airtight spaces cause headaches, nausea, throat or eye irritations, and fatigue.
What is Sick Building Syndrome?
The year that during a NATO naval exercise in the Canary Islands, a mass stranding of 14 beaked whales occurred. This incident was pivotal in establishing a direct connection between naval sonar activities and adverse effects on wildlife
What is 2002?
This river famously caught fire multiple times due to heavy industrial waste, most notably in 1969. The incident sparked national outrage and was a major catalyst for the creation of the Clean Water Act.
What is the Cuyahoga River?