Population Ecology

What does the graph represent?

• Emigration
• Exponential growth
• Immigration
• Logistic Growth

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NGSS.HS-LS2-2

What factor describes when populations decrease because animals are moving out of a population?

• Emigration
• Limiting Factors
• Immigration
• Exponential Growth

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NGSS.HS-LS2-6

What factor describes when populations increase because animals are moving into a population?

• Emigration
• Limiting Factors
• Immigration
• Exponential Growth

What does the graph represent?

• Emigration
• Exponential growth
• Immigration
• Logistic Growth

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NGSS.HS-LS2-2

NGSS.HS-LS2-6

Logistic growth has 3 phases. In Phase 1, the population grows rapidly. In Phase 2, population grows slowly. In Phase 3, growth stops. What causes growth to stop in the 3rd phase of logistic growth?

• Emigration
• Immigration
• Exponential Growth
• Carrying Capacity

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NGSS.HS-LS2-1

NGSS.HS-LS2-6

Human population grew exponentially after the industrial revolution. Which of the following DOES NOT help determine patterns in human population growth?

• age structure
• births
• deaths
• limiting factors

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

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

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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

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NGSS.HS-LS4-2

Carrying capacity is represented by which letter?

• r
• L
• K
• c

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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

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

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NGSS.HS-LS2-1