Chapter 4.3: Population Growth

What type of growth is shown in the diagram?

• exponential growth
• logistic growth 
• predator-prey cycle
• boom-bust curve

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

• carrying capacity

• population density

• limiting factor

• survivorship curve

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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Type of growth that occurs when disease and parasites are present...

• exponential
• J-shaped
• predator-prey
• logistic

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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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What point on the graph represents the carrying capacity?

• A
• B
• C
• D

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Will competition increase/decrease the carrying capacity of an ecosystem for the animal in competition?

• Decrease
• Increase

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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

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Which limiting factor is density independent?

• competition
• disease
• natural disasters

The graph of logistic growth can be described as...

• S-shaped
• J-shaped
• U-shaped