Unit 4: Population Dynamics

What is a group of organisms of one species that lives in the same area at the same time.

• community

• group

• population

• habitat

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When individuals join to come into a population

• immigration

• emigration

The amount of resources in an area influences the size of the population.

• true

• false

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What is the maximum number of individuals of one species that the environment can support?

• overload capacity

• top capacity

• population

• carrying capacity

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The part of the environlent that keeps a population's size at a level below its full potential

• limiting factor

• stopping factor

• carrying factor

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Identify which image below is showing a population:

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What is the carrying capacity of the following graph?

• 1000
• 8000
• 800
• 600

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What is the carrying capacity of the graph?

• around 500
• more than 500
• less than 500
• around 600

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Which of the following is an EXAMPLE of a limiting factor?

• Water

• the color of the sky

• Migration

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What causes competition to occur in an environment?

• Good conditions make resources plentiful.

• Organisms struggle for a limited resource.

• Members of a population have different roles.

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