Population Growth

Individuals of a population who exit an area.

• Immigration
• Emigration
• Mitigation
• Lingation

Individuals of a population who move into an area.

• Immigration
• Emigration
• Litigation
• Mastication

The point in which an area cannot hold any more individuals in an area is called its what?

• carrying capacity
• capital capacity
• carrying capability
• limiting point

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

If the number of births in a population is the same as the number of deaths in a population, what will happen to the growth of the population?

• It will increase
• It will decrease
• It will stay the same
• It don't matter

If the number of births is greater than the number of deaths in a population, what will happen to the growth of the population?

• It will increase
• It will decrease
• It will stay the same
• It don't matter

What is the characteristic shape of a curve illustrating logistic growth?

• A. J-shaped
• B. U-shaped
• C. S-shaped
• D. L-shaped

What type of growth model is this?

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

symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit

• competition
• Mutualism
• nitrogen fixation
• energy pyramid

Non-living factor that affects an ecosystem

• biotic factor
• abiotic factor
• food chain 
• biome

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

An environmental factor such as storms and extreme heat or cold that affects population regardless of their density

• density- dependent factor
• population density
• dispersion
• density- independent factor

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4