Limiting Factors and Carrying Capacity

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What is the largest amount that an environment can support?

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Carrying capacity

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True or False: Organisms need enough space to live, obtain resources, and reproduce.

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True

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True or False: Diseases spread more quickly when populations are small.

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False

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What is the term for an organism that is eaten by another organism?

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Prey

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If the amount of food resources increases, what happens to the population of an animal?

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Increase

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What is a limiting factor?

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A condition that restricts the growth or abundance of a population.

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Give an example of a limiting factor in an ecosystem.

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Food availability, water supply, space, or disease.

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What does carrying capacity refer to in an ecosystem?

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The maximum population size that an environment can sustain indefinitely.

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True or False: A population can exceed its carrying capacity indefinitely.

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False

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What happens when a population exceeds its carrying capacity?

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The population may decrease due to resource depletion.

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