Population Dynamics

This graph shows the population growth curve for a sparrows in Forsyth County.  What is the carrying capacity?

• 50
• 200
• 280
• 300

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As resources in a population become less available, population growth

• declines rapidly
• increases slowly
• reaches carrying capacity
• enters a phase of exponential growth

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If the death rate of a population is greater than the birthrate, the population shrinks.

• True
• False

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The human population grew slowly from the beginning of human existence, and then began to grow exponentially about 200 years ago.

• True
• False

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What type of growth model is this?

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

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Carrying Capacity is

• the capacity of what one person can carry per day 
• how many animals you have in your daily bag limit at the end of the year
• wildebeest at a watering hole with zebras
• the maximum number of individuals that the environment can support

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A population gets smaller by____________

• immigration and death
• immigration and birth
• emigration and birth
• emigration and death

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A population increases when_________________

• individuals die
• individuals are born
• individuals emigrate

The _________________ is maximum number of individuals of one species that the environment can support. 

• emigration
• limiting factor
• carrying capacity
• immigration

A part of the environment that keeps a population's size at a level below its full potential is called a _________________ .

• cooperation
• limiting factor
• competition
• carrying capacity

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