Ecology Quiz Review

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 will fluctuate.

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

• carrying capacity

• population crash

• lag phase

• mutualism

What point on the graph represents the carrying capacity?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Food, water, sunlight, shelter, and space are resources that are often __________.

• limiting factors

• wet

• messy

• found in rocks

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

An individual living thing is a/an __________.

• habitat
• ecosystem
• organism
• population

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

A group of organisms of the same species living in the same area are called a/an ________.

• community
• habitat
• population
• ecosystem

All of the living and nonliving things in an area that interact with each other are called a/an ______.

• community
• habitat
• population
• ecosystem

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A group of different species that live together and interact in an environment are called a/an ________.

• community
• habitat
• population
• ecosystem

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

An animal that hunts other animals for food is called a ___________________.

• Parasite

• Predator

• Prey

• Decomposer