The Intrinsic Growth Rate, R, Is the

question 57

Multiple Choice

The intrinsic growth rate, r, is the

• A) number of new individuals produced minus the number that die.
• B) highest possible per capita increase in population size under ideal conditions.
• C) time it takes for a population to double in size.
• D) maximum population size that can be supported by the environment.

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Definitions:

Increment

Increment is an operation that increases the value of a variable by a fixed amount, usually by 1.

Decrement

An operation that decreases the value of a variable by a specific amount, commonly by one.

Initializing Pointers

The act of assigning a starting address to pointer variables so they point to the correct memory locations.

Address

The specific location of a piece of data in memory, represented numerically.