Life Science, Populations, Pre Assessment

What growth pattern describes a population whose growth rate slows or stops following a period of exponential growth?

• logistic growth
• population growth
• exponential growth
• predator-prey cycle

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NGSS.HS-LS2-6

Largest number of individuals of a population that the environment can support...  

• carrying capacity
• population crash
• lag phase
• mutualism

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NGSS.HS-LS2-1

Largest number of individuals of a population that the environment can support...  

• carrying capacity
• population crash
• lag phase
• mutualism

Which type of growth is best illustrated by this rabbit population?

• exponential
• logistic
• S-shaped
• predator-prey

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NGSS.HS-LS2-1

NGSS.HS-LS2-2

What point on the graph represents the carrying capacity?

• A
• B
• C
• D

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CCSS.HSF-IF.C.7E

When a population grows past the ecosystem's carrying capacity, what happens to the population?

• Continues to grow
• The population starts to die off to return to carrying capcity
• The population will go extinct due to lack of resources
• The population grows then finds a new carrying capacity

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

If there is more food than usual in an ecosystem, then the population will mostly likely...

• stay the same
• decrease
• increase
• reach carrying capacity

How will competition affect the carrying capacity of an ecosystem for the animal in competition?

• Decrease
• Increase
• Will show not affect
• Competition does not exist in nature

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

In a forest ecosystem, which of the following is the best example of a limiting factor for a rabbit population?

• Squirrel Population
• Sunlight
• Grass available
• Rabbits have no limiting factors

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Competition, disease, predation, and parasitism are considered ___________ ____________ limiting factors

• Density-dependent
• Density-independent

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-2