Population Ecology

As a population grows, it will most likely stop growing at what size?

• Growth limit
• Exponential limit
• Carrying Capacity
• It won't stop growing

Which kind of growth does the human population follow? It is described as a J-shaped curve.

• Exponential Growth
• Logistic Growth
• Outstanding Growth
• Minimal Growth

Boom and bust cycles, where populations will grow and shrink over and over, are usually caused by...

• Predator-Prey Relationships
• Parasite-Host relationships
• Extinction 
• None of these

A population is...

• A group of one species in one area
• Multiple species that live in one area
• All of the living and nonliving things in an area
• None of these

Which dispersion pattern is described by organisms being spaced out equally?

• Uniform
• Random
• Clumped 
• None of these

Which dispersion pattern usually is a result of resources not being evenly spread out in the environment?

• Uniform
• Random
• Clumped
• None of these

What will happen to the population when the death rate is larger than the birth rate?

• grow
• shrink
• stay the same
• None of these

What will happen to the population when the birth rate is larger than the death rate?

• grow
• shrink
• stay the same

What type of growth is represented in the graph shown?

• exponential
• logistic
• stable
• S curve

What type of growth is represented by the graph shown?

• exponential
• logistic
• a good kind
• representative

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NGSS.HS-LS2-2