Biology 2010 Student Edition

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 9780133669510
ISBN 13: 978-0-13366-951-0

Chapter 5, Populations - Assessment - 5.1 How Populations Grow - Understand Key Concepts/Think Critically - Page 148: 3

Answer

b.

Work Step by Step

Option a. is incorrect. The growth rate of a population is how its density changes over time. Option c. is incorrect. Age structure is the number of males and females of each age. Option d. is incorrect. Population density refers to how many individuals of a species are present in a given unit area. Option b. is correct. The geographic range is where a population lives.
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