Populations & Predator Prey

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_{If the amount of food or resources available increases, the carrying capacity for an animal.....}

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Increases

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What growth pattern describes a population whose growth rate slows or stops following a period of exponential growth?

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logistic growth

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This is the largest number of individuals of a population that the environment can support...

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carrying capacity

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Which type of growth is best illustrated by this rabbit population?

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exponential

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What point on the graph represents the carrying capacity?

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D

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When a population grows past the ecosystem's carrying capacity, what happens to the population?

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The population starts to die off to return to carrying capcity

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If there is more food than usual in an ecosystem, then the population will most likely...

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increase

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How will competition affect the carrying capacity of an ecosystem for the animal in competition?

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Decrease

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In a forest ecosystem, what is the best example of a limiting factor for a rabbit population?

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Amount of grass available

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Water, sunlight, shelter, and space are resources that are often........

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abiotic limiting factors