Populations & Communities

What does the graph represent?

• Emigration
• Exponential growth
• Immigration
• Logistic Growth

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-2

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

• Uniform
• Random
• Clumped
• None of these

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Which of the following is NOT a density-dependent limiting factor?

• flood
• disease
• predation
• competition

Which symbols best describe parasitism?

• +,+
• +,-
• +,0
• -,0

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A relationship between two organisms in which both organisms benefit. 

• Mutualism 
• Competition
• Parasitsm 
• Commensalism 

Predator population lags behind prey population because:

• Increase in predators leads to decrease in prey

• Increase in predators leads to increase in prey

• Increase in predators leads to decrease in producers

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

No two species can occupy the same niche

• Competitive Exclusion Principle 
• Limiting Exclusion Theory
• Competitive Limiting Principle
• Limiting Competitive Theory 

Succession which occurs when soil is no longer present after an ecological disturbance 

• Primary Succession
• Secondary Succession
• Tertiary Succession
• Quaternary Succession

The first species to inhabit an area after a disturbance

• Pioneer species
• Invasive species
• Initial Species
• Limiting Species

What is the carrying capacity of the following graph?

• 1000
• 8000
• 800
• 600

Tags

CCSS.HSF-IF.C.7E