Population Ecology

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What is the study of how living and non-living things interact within an ecosystem called?

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Ecosystem ecology

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What was a significant factor in the spread of West Nile virus in Dallas in 2012?

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An explosion in the mosquito population

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What is a population? (in the context of population ecology)

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A group of individuals of one species who interact regularly

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Which factor is NOT a limiting factor for a population's growth? Options: Geographic location, Food availability, Temperature, Population size

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Geographic location

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What is the term for the maximum number of individuals an environment can support?

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Carrying capacity

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What are density-dependent limitations?

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Factors that limit growth based on population size

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How do population ecologists categorize limiting factors?

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By whether they depend on population density

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What does exponential growth in a population mean?

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The population grows in proportion to its current size

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Group of organisms of one species that interbreed and live in the same place at the same time

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population

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A tree is a ....

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producer