APES Unit 3

APES Unit 3

Assessment

Flashcard

Science

12th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

NGSS
MS-LS2-4, MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-5

+4

Standards-aligned

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is a limiting factor?

Back

A limiting factor is anything or organism that regulates the size of a population of another organism.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What are density-dependent factors?

Back

Density-dependent factors are factors that affect a population depending on its size, including food, predation, parasitism, and disease.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is a generalist species?

Back

A generalist species is one that has a wide range of things in their diets as well as a relatively large area of habitat.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What happens when a population exceeds its carrying capacity?

Back

When a population grows past the ecosystem's carrying capacity, the population starts to die off to return to carrying capacity.

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What characterizes r-strategist organisms?

Back

R-strategist organisms typically live in unstable, unpredictable environments, reproduce rapidly (exponentially), do not take care of their young, and are subject to predation.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is carrying capacity?

Back

Carrying capacity is the maximum number of individuals of a species that an environment can sustainably support.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What are density-independent factors?

Back

Density-independent factors are factors that affect a population regardless of its size, such as natural disasters and climate.

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