POPULATION AND POWER
What is a population?
A group of organisms of the same species living in the same area.
What is the main source of energy for most food webs?
The Sun
What does self-government mean?
People have a role in making decisions and laws for their community.
Name one Southern Colony.
Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, or Georgia.
Which subject studies food webs and population changes?
SCIENCE
What two events can cause a population to grow or shrink?
Births and deaths.
What do we call organisms that make their own food?
Producers
What agreement was signed aboard the Mayflower in 1620?
The Mayflower Compact
What is a plantation?
A large farm where crops are grown, historically often using enslaved labor.
Which colonial region had a warm climate and large plantations?
The Southern Colonies.
What happens when births outnumber deaths?
A: The population increases.
Why do animals need food?
To obtain energy and materials needed for survival, growth, and reproduction.
What was the House of Burgesses?
An elected representative assembly established in Virginia in 1619.
What are cash crops?
Crops grown mainly to sell for profit.
If a population has 20 births and 30 deaths, what happens to its size, assuming no migration?
It decreases by 10.
A rabbit population has 40 births and 15 deaths, with no migration. How much does it grow?
25 rabbits.
What happens to predators when their prey population decreases?
Predators may have less food, so their population may decrease.
What was one important idea expressed in the Magna Carta?
The ruler's power is limited by law.
Name two cash crops grown in the Southern Colonies.
Tobacco, rice, or indigo (any two).
What was one major difference between the economies of New England and the Southern Colonies?
New England relied more on trade, fishing, and smaller farms; the Southern Colonies relied heavily on cash-crop agriculture.
How could a decrease in available food affect a deer population?
Fewer deer may survive or reproduce, causing the population to decrease.
How could a drought affect both plants and animals in a food web?
Plants may decline from lack of water, reducing food and energy available to animals.
How did the English Bill of Rights influence ideas about government in the colonies?
It supported limits on government power and protected certain rights, influencing colonial ideas of representative government.
How did geography and climate influence the economy of the Southern Colonies? WHAT WAS IT LIKE?
Warm weather, fertile soil, and long growing seasons supported cash-crop agriculture and plantations.
Explain one way resources influenced both animal populations and colonial settlements.
Animals need food, water, and habitat; colonial settlements needed fertile land, water, and other resources to survive and develop.