Choose from the Terms Listed and Match Them with Their

question 20

Multiple Choice

Choose from the terms listed and match them with their most correct description. You may use the same answer more than once.
-Loss of security

• A)Basic need
• B)Psychological need
• C)Spiritual need

Explain the effects of dispersal patterns on population distribution.

Understand the relationship between biotic potential, environmental resistance, and population growth.

Analyze how population structure affects growth rates.

Apply concepts of population ecology to understanding sustainable human economies and societies.

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Definitions:

Reverend Thomas Malthus

An 18th-century economist known for his theory on population growth, suggesting that population increases geometrically, whereas food supply increases arithmetically, leading to inevitable shortages.

Population Growth

The increase in the number of individuals in a population, commonly expressed as an annual percentage.

Dismal Science

A nickname for economics, stemming from its predictions and analyses that often focus on the limitations and constraints of economic activities.

Average Workweek

The standard number of hours worked in a week by employees in a particular sector, industry, or economy.