Bio Ecology Review

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What do limiting factors do?

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Regulate how many organisms live in an ecosystem.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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Carrying capacity in biology

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The maximum population size an ecosystem can support.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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Which of the following is a density-dependent factor? Drought, Tornado, Temperature, Competition

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Competition

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Which of the following is a density-independent factor? Disease, Competition, Floods, Predation

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Floods

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Why does the predator population lag behind the prey population?

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Increase in predators leads to decrease in prey

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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What growth pattern describes a population whose growth rate slows or stops following a period of exponential growth? Options: logistic growth, population growth, exponential growth, predator-prey cycle

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logistic growth

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What does the graph represent? Options: Emigration, Exponential growth, Immigration, Logistic Growth

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Exponential growth

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According to the image, what is the producer?
Options: plant, insect, mouse, snake

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plant

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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The efficiency of energy transfer from a lower trophic level to the next highest level is roughly

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10%

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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In the energy pyramid, how much of the energy in each level gets lost as heat or used by the organism for survival? Options: 80%, 90%, 10%, 20%

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90%

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3