Population Ecology

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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The carrying capacity of an environment for a particular species at a particular time is determined by the

• number of individuals in the species.
• distribution of the population.
• reproductive potential of the species.
• supply of the most limited resources

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NGSS.HS-LS2-1

The major human causes of extinction today are

• hunting and destroying habitats.
• polluting and introducing non-native species.
• Both
• Neither

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A population is...

• A group of one species in one area
• Multiple species that live in one area
• All of the living and nonliving things in an area
• None of these

Which dispersion pattern is described by organisms being spaced out equally?

• Uniform
• Random
• Clumped 
• None of these

Which dispersion pattern usually is a result of resources not being evenly spread out in the environment?

• Uniform
• Random
• Clumped
• None of these

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NGSS.HS-LS2-6

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What will happen to the population when the death rate is larger than the birth rate?

• grow
• shrink
• stay the same
• None of these

What will happen to the population when the birth rate is larger than the death rate?

• grow
• shrink
• stay the same

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NGSS.HS-LS2-6

What type of growth is represented behind?

• exponential
• logistics
• a good kind
• representative

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NGSS.HS-LS2-1

What is the carrying capacity of the following graph?

• 1000
• 8000
• 800
• 600

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CCSS.HSF-IF.C.7E