Population Ecology Concept Check

Front

What is the carrying capacity of the graph?

Back

around 500

Front

If a disease destroying barley plants in a field swept through an ecosystem, what would happen to the barley eating bird population in the field?

Back

The bird population would decrease

Front

If the amount of food or resources available increases, the carrying capacity for an animal: Stays the same, Increases, Decreases, Fluctuates

Back

Increases

Front

What would increase the carrying capacity of an ecosystem? Options: increase in predators, disease, increase in available food, drought

Back

increase in available food

Front

This graph shows ....

Back

When one population increases, the other increases shortly after.

Front

A population is...

Back

A group of one species in one area

Front

What will happen to the population when the death rate is larger than the birth rate?

Back

shrink

Front

What type of growth is represented behind? Options: exponential, logistics, a good kind, representative

Back

exponential

Front

What point on the graph represents the carrying capacity? Options: A, B, C, D

Back

D

Front

Which limiting factor is independent of the number of individuals in a population?

• competition
• parasitism/disease
• predation
• natural disasters

Back

natural disasters