Unit 6 Objectives: “Populations” By the end of this unit, students will be able to: 1. Explain how human activities impact populations. 2. Explain how births, deaths, immigration and emigration affect a population. 3. Compare and contrast exponential and logistic growth (what they are & what the graphs looks like). 4. Predict the trend in the world population 5. Classify limiting factors as either density-independent or density-dependent 6. Explain the patterns of predator-prey interactions and the effects on their populations. Vocabulary for which you are responsible: Words You Already Know: Words To Learn: 1. Levels of Organization 2. Predation 3. Competition 4. Biotic Factors 5. Abiotic Factors 1. Limiting Factors 2. Density-Dependent Factors 3. Density-Independent Factors 4. Growth Rate 5. Immigration 6. Emigration 7. Exponential Growth 8. Logistic Growth 9. Carrying Capacity 10. Population Density 11. Demography