Growth Curves I
Type of growth curve that starts out slowly and then increases rapidly
What is a J-shaped Curve?
Type of growth curve of the human population
What is a J-shaped curve?
What is biotic?
Human society with the lowest population density
What are the Hunter-Gatherers?
Ethic that states resources are unlimited and are meant to be used by humans
What is the Frontier Ethic?
Type of growth curve that levels off after a very rapid increase
What is an S-shaped curve?
Situation in which individuals survive and reproduce at maximum capacity
What is Biotic Potential?
Nonliving
What is abiotic?
Human society with the most negative impact on the environment
Turning water off while brushing teeth is an example of this ethic
What is the Sustainable Development Ethic?
Type of growth curve that has a rapid increase followed by a rapid decrease in population
What is a Boom and Bust Curve?
2 things that might cause the rapid decline of a population after a rapid increase
Answers include: What are a frost, severe weather (natural disaster), war, widespread disease (pandemic, epidemic)?
Prevents a population from being higher than it is
What is a limiting factor?
Human society with the highest individual environmental knowlede
What is the Hunter-Gatherer Society
In the Frontier Ethic, human success is measured by this
What is control over Nature?
Period of slow growth in a population
What is the lag phase?
Part of the growth curve when the population levels off after a period of rapid increase
What is the carrying capacity?
Factors that limit a population differently according to the number of individuals in a specific area. Name 2 examples
What are density-dependent factors?
Examples include: food, water, disease, parasites, shelter, space, soil nutrients, oxygen in some water environments
Describe the Agricultural Society
What is a society that is characterized by permanent settlements, raise livestock, plant crops?
In the Sustainable Development Ethic, human success is measure by this
What is living in a balance with Nature?
Period of very rapid increase in the population
What is the exponential phase?
Top 2 reasons for the rapid increase in the human population
What are increased production and distribution of food and advances in medicine?
Factors that limit a population a certain way, no matter how many individuals exist in a specific area. Name 2 examples.
What are density-independent factors?
The society that is the least sustainable and 3 ways to increase its sustainability
What is the Industrial Society? Ways to increase sustainability include: reduce population increase; renewable energy sources; reduce waste; reduce overharvesting of plants and animals; reduce carbon emissions; reduce dependency on fossil fuels; restore plants
Pick the Frontier Ethic or the Sustainable Development Ethic and state the first 2 tenets.
For the Frontier Ethic: Resources are unlimited and are meant to be used by humans. Humans are separate from Nature and are not subject to Nature's laws.
For the Sustainable Development Ethic: Resources are limited and are meant to be used by all species. Humans are part of Nature and subject to Nature's laws.