What happens when an environment reaches its carrying capacity?

Resources such as food, water, and space will be unlimited

Nothing, everything will stay the same.

Any thing or organism that regulates the size of a population of another organism is known as __________.

materialization of precipitation

If a disease destroying barley plants in a field swept through an ecosystem, what would happen to the barley eating bird population in the the field ?

The bird population would decrease

The bird population would stay the same

The bird population would infinitely increase

Which statement best describes the predator-prey relationship displayed on this graph?

When the prey population increases, the predator population increases.

There is no relationship between the predator and prey.

When the prey population increases, the predator population decreases.

when the predator population increases, the prey population increases.

What is carrying capacity ?

The maximum number of organisms an ecosystem can support

A condition that occurs when two or more organisms compete for the same resources within an ecological community

A relationship in which two organisms are mutually dependent on each other for survivial

All the biotic and abiotic factors and the interactions among them in a given area

A condition that occurs when two or more organisms compete for the same resources within an ecological community

The maximum number of organisms an ecosystem can support

A relationship in which two organisms are mutually dependent on each other for survival

When a population grows past the ecosystem's carrying capacity, what happens to the population?

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

If a disease that destroyed oak trees came through an ecosystem, what would happen to the acorn eating squirrel population?

the squirrel population would decrease

nothing - it would stay the same

the squirrel population would increase

What do limiting factors do?

Regulate how many organisms live in an ecosystem.

Separate biotic factors from abiotic factors.

Determine which is the predator and which is the prey.

Determine which natural disasters will hit an area.

Which of the following are abiotic limiting factors?

The decomposers in an ecosystem.

The populations of producers in a given habitat.

Carrying capacities of several species.

What do decomposers do?

Break down and recycle dead organisms and organic matter.

Feed on carnivores exclusively.

Prevent living organisms from taking up space in an ecosystem.

Limiting Factors and Carrying Capacity

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1 min • 1 pt

All members of one species in a certain area.

Population

Limiting Factors

Immigration

Birth Rate

The NUMBER of individuals in a certain population.

Population

Limiting Factors

Natural Selection

Population Density

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

The number of births in a population during a certain time period.

Birth Rate

Death Rate

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

The number of deaths in a population during a certain time period.

Birth Rate

Death Rate

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

If the birth rate is _ than the death rate then the population will ____.

Greater/Increase

Greater/Decrease

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

If the death rate is than the birth rate then the population will ______.

Greater/Increase

Greater/Decrease

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Occurs when organisms MOVE in from another environment.

Immigration

Emmigration

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Limiting Factors and Carrying Capacity

All members of one species in a certain area.

The NUMBER of individuals in a certain population.

The number of births in a population during a certain time period.

The number of deaths in a population during a certain time period.

If the birth rate is _ than the death rate then the population will ____.

If the death rate is than the birth rate then the population will ______.

Occurs when organisms MOVE in from another environment.

The largest number of organisms that the environment can support.

Environmental factors that keep a population from increasing.

Which is NOT an example of a limiting factor.

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Limiting Factors and Carrying Capacity

All members of one species in a certain area.

The NUMBER of individuals in a certain population.

The number of births in a population during a certain time period.

The number of deaths in a population during a certain time period.

If the birth rate is _________ than the death rate then the population will ____________.

If the death rate is ______ than the birth rate then the population will ____________.

Occurs when organisms MOVE in from another environment.

The largest number of organisms that the environment can support.

Environmental factors that keep a population from increasing.

Which is NOT an example of a limiting factor.

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If the birth rate is _ than the death rate then the population will ____.

If the death rate is than the birth rate then the population will ______.