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    • Population
      The entire pool from which a statistical sample is drawn from a different group of individuals
    • Demographic Transition

      The shift in the history of birth and death rates
    • Population Density
      The measurement of the given population over volume respondents
    • Mortality Rate

      The number of deaths in a given population over some time
    • Sex Ratio
      The ratio of males to females in a population
    • Fecundity
      The potential for the reproduction of a listed population as opposed to a single organism
    • Demography
      The statistical features of the human population
    • Migration
      The movement of people of different sectors from one country to another with the intention of the new location
    • Morbidity
      The occurrence of disease and illness in a population
    • Biodiversity
      The variety of animals, plants, fungi in one area
    • Taxonomy
      The practice and science of categorization or classification
    • Crude birth rate
      The number of births per 1,000 individuals per year
    • Fertility
      The capacity to become pregnant or to have children
    • Family
      A taxonomic rank more specific than order but less specific than genus
    • Life expectancy
      The average number of years a newborn infant can expect to live
    • Taxonomic classification is used to uniquely identify each species and to give us an idea of how closely two organisms are related
    • Demographic transition
      The three-stage pattern of change in birth rates and death rates that has occurred during the process of industrial and economic development
    • Around 8.7 million species of plants and animals are thought to exist, according to scientists. However, to far, only about 1.2 million species, the most of which are insects, have been recognized and described
    • Hotspots are also home to endemic species, which can only be found in a single place
    • The taxonomic classification system was developed by the Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus, who lived during the 18th Century, and his system of classification is still used today
    • The taxonomic classification system today has eight ranks from general to specific: domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species
    • Taxon
      A group of organisms that are classified as a unit, which can be specific or general
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