1. The age structure for the US was a pyramid indicating that our population is still growing. Give one reason why our growth is slowing and one reason why we are still have a pyramid age structure.
2. Explain why organisms like trees and sea turtles have a Type III survivorship curve while most mammals have a Type 1 survivorship curve.
3. Give 4 reasons why humans might have either a Type I or Type III survivorship
curve.
4. For each distribution pattern in slide #23, list the factors from slide #22 that would account for that pattern for each of the three patterns
5. What might account for a developed nation having a pyramid age structure?
