Population Ecology Concept Check

What is the carrying capacity of the graph?

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

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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 stay the same
• The bird population would infinitely increase
• The bird population would decrease

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If the amount of food or resources available increases, the carrying capacity for an animal:

• Stays the same
• Increases
• Decreases
• Fluctuates

Which of the following would INCREASE the carrying capacity of an ecosystem?

• increase in predators
• disease
• increase in available food
• drought

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This graph shows ....

• When one population inceases, the other decreases. 
• When one population decreases, the other inceases. 
• When one population increases, the other increases instantly. 
• When one population increases, the other increases shortly after. 

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

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 type of growth is represented behind?

• exponential
• logistics
• a good kind
• representative

What point on the graph represents the carrying capacity?

• A
• B
• C
• D

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Which limiting factor is independent of the number of individuals in a population?

• competition

• parasitism/disease

• predation

• natural disasters