Population growth

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Aging

Birth rate

Mortality rate

Demographic Transition Model

Demographic Transition About.com: Geography The demographic transition model seeks to explain the transformation of countries from having high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates. In developed countries this transition began in the eighteenth century and continues today. Less developed countries began the transition later and are still in the midst of earlier stages of the model. CBR & CDR

Rocklin High School Notes

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Population ecology

Biology

Ecology

19-2:??Ecology of Organsims I.???????????????????Biotic & Abiotic factors?=?Living & non-living factors in an environment that affect an organism. ??????????? *Name the important abiotic factors: temperature, humidity, pH, salinity, oxygen concentration, sunlight, availability of nitrogen, precipitation *How are?biotic?and?abiotic?factors not independent? ?organisms can change environments, and environments can change organisms A.? Name the three different ways that the environment has changes in temperature: it can vary with time, or by place, or by location within a habitat (shade or sun) B.? Draw the?tolerance curve?from page 369 (fig 19-8): ?

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World population

Overpopulation

Birth rate

Thomas Robert Malthus

Mortality rate

John Overing Mr. Held 4 March 2013 Period 3 KBATS Age Distribution ? The proportion of individuals of different ages within a population. Agricultural Density ? The ratio of the number of farmers to the total amount of land suitable for agriculture. Arithmetic Density ? The total number of people divided by the total land area. Cairo Conference ?A UN conference held in Cairo in September 1994, recommending world population stabilization. Carrying Capacity ? The largest number of people that the environment of a particular area is able to support. Census ? A complete enumeration of a population. Child Mortality Rate ? The number of children that die between the first and fifth year of their lives. Contraception ? The use of devices or drugs to prevent conception.

APHUMANGEOGRAPHYNOTES

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human migration

Overpopulation

Birth rate

Malthusian catastrophe

Thomas Robert Malthus

rubenstein

AP Human Geography Notes General Geography: US road map is not a thematic map Every meridian is the same length and has the same beginning and end According to environmental determinism, the physical environment causes social development Highest density: most in numbers Highest concentration: closest together Cloropleth map uses shading Five Themes of Geography: Location: Relative location Absolute location Place: Human Characteristics Physical Characteristics Human-Environmental Interaction: Humans adapt to the environment Humans modify the environment Humans depend on the environment Movement People Goods Ideas Regions Formal (uniform) Functional (nodal) Vernacular (perceptual) Culture:

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AP Human Geography Notes General Geography: US road map is not a thematic map Every meridian is the same length and has the same beginning and end According to environmental determinism, the physical environment causes social development Highest density: most in numbers Highest concentration: closest together Cloropleth map uses shading Five Themes of Geography: Location: Relative location Absolute location Place: Human Characteristics Physical Characteristics Human-Environmental Interaction: Humans adapt to the environment Humans modify the environment Humans depend on the environment Movement People Goods Ideas Regions Formal (uniform) Functional (nodal) Vernacular (perceptual) Culture:

AP Hug Chapter Two Vocab

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