Changes in Population

Food, water, space and weather are resources that are often __________.

• limiting factors
• wet
• messy

If there is a decrease in a limiting factor, the organism could die.

• true
• false

The movement of individuals away from a population

• emigration
• immigration
• dispersion

The largest number of individuals in a species that an environment can support long term

• carrying capacity
• emigration
• immigration

Individuals of a population who exit an area.

• Immigration
• Emigration
• Mitigation

Individuals of a population who move into an area.

• Immigration
• Emigration
• Litigation

Which of the following is NOT a resource needed for an organism to survive?

• food
• cell phone
• water

If 3 birds die and 1 is born, will the population increase or decrease.

• Stay the same
• Decrease
• Increase

The number of individuals in a given area is the

• population density
• population size
• limiting factor

The number of births in a population in a certain amount of time is

• the death rate
• the birth rate
• immigration