Life Science- Populations and Competition

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

• carrying capacity
• population crash
• lag phase
• mutualism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

What is the carrying capacity for this sheep population?

• 1.8 million
• 1.25 million
• 1.6 million
• 1.o million

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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

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

• limiting factors
• wet
• messy
• found in rocks

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

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

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What happened to the wolf population between 1980 and 1982?

• it increased rapidly
• it decreased rapidly

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

According to the graph, What is causing the deer population to decrease

• They Got sick
• The wolf population is decreasing
• The wolf population increased
• Nothing it's a coincidence

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Natural disasters can be considered limiting factors.

• true
• false

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Two or more organisms seeking resources at the same time is

• population

• competition

• ecosystem

• organism

Any living or nonliving feature that restricts the number of individuals in a population are

• Limiting factors

• Biotic Factors

• Abiotic factors

• Necessary factors