Ecology Part 2 Unit Review

What type of growth model is this?

• exponential growth model
• logistic growth model
• Type I curve
• Type III curve

What is the approximate population of men age 65-69 in the US in 2014? (see pyramid)

• 7.5 million
• 10.5 million
• 5 million
• 12 million

relationship in which two species live closely together

• resource
• mutualism
• succession
• symbiosis

symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other organism is harmed 

• secondary succession 
• predation
• pioneer species 
• parasitism

largest number of individuals of a population that the environment can support  

• carrying capacity
• primary succession 
• denitrification
• mutualism

symbiotic relationship in which one organisms benefits and the other organism is not affected

• invasive (non-native) species
• mutualism 
• nitrogen fixation
• commensalism

symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit

• competition
• Mutualism
• nitrogen fixation
• energy pyramid

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

plants and animals that have migrated to areas where they did not originate; often displace native species by out-competing them for resources

• acid rain 
• biochemical magnification
• invasive (non-native) species
• nitrogen fixation 

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

This is what happens as a population approaches carrying capacity and individual organisms from the population leave and go to a new area where they can find enough resources for survival and reproduction?

• Competition
• Predation
• Emigration
• Immigration

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which of the following words means death rate?

• Natality
• Mortality
• Emigration
• Immigration