Population Ecology

Front

A _______________ is made up of multiple individuals that are all the same organism.

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Population

Front

A population will grow exponentially when there are ___________ resources.

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Unlimited

Front

_________________ such as predators and lack of land will limit the growth of a population. (Hint: The answer is two words and the first word starts with an "L".)

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Limiting Factors

Front

Plants and animals are examples of __________ factors in an ecosystem.

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Biotic

Front

When a population nears its _________________________, the population growth curve will experience logistic growth.

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Carrying Capacity

Front

A decrease of predators will ______________ the carrying capacity of the prey population.

Back

Increase

Front

A _________________ is made up of different living organisms that are not all the same species.

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Community

Front

What happens when a population overshoots and exceeds its carrying capacity?

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Decrease

Front

The carrying capacity of a population is the _______________ number of individuals that the environment can support based on the availability of resources. (Hint: The answer starts with the letter "M").

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Maximum

Front

If there was a drought, I can predict that based on population ecology, the population will experience a(n) ______________ in carrying capacity.

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Decrease