Populations Quiz Review

What type of growth model is this?

• Stable 
• Boom and bust 
• Exponential 
• Constant rate of change 

The largest number of individuals of a population that the environment can support is: 

• limiting factors
• carrying capacity
• limit of tolerance
• range of tolerance

The movement of animals or people into a given area from another area is called

• immigration
• emigration

Competition, food, water, disease, and space are all examples of:

• Carrying Capacity
• Stress Tolerances
• Limiting Factors
• Population Control

What is the carrying capacity of the following graph?

• 10
• 30
• 40
• 45

What is the relationship between carrying capacity and limiting factors?

• Limiting factors set the carrying capacity
• Carrying capacity sets the limiting factors
• Limiting factors do not influence carrying capacity

When organisms move out of the population, it is known as

• immigration
• emigration

What month did the deer population reach its carrying capacity?

• Month 2
• Month 3
• Month 4
• Month 5

Exponential growth is

• a rapid increase
• an unstable pattern on increases and decreases
• a slow growth followed by a rapid increase
• a steady increase

What must occur in a population for it to grow?

• The birth rate becomes higher than the death rate
• The birthrate becomes lower than the death rate
• The birthrate and death rate remain the same
• Emigration