Population and Community Ecology

Which of the following determines an environment's carrying capacity?

• The most necessary resource that runs out first

• The average rainfall of an ecosystem

• The daily temperature of an ecosystem

• The carnivores preying on the population

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A volcanic eruption would be an appropriate precursor to what process?

• Primary Succession

• Secondary Succession

• Climax Community

• Invasive Species

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Which of the following is a density-dependent limiting factor?

• human activities 
• unusual weather
• competition
• natural disaster

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Which of the following statements about primary succession is true?

• It begins with a climax community
• Small mammals are the first to live there
• It begins with bare rock
• It begins with rock and soil

What type of growth is shown on this graph?

• logistic
• exponential
• average
• density-independent

Which of the following is a density-independent limiting factor?

• natural disaster
• predation
• disease
• parasitism

Diseases may spread more rapidly when an area is crowded, so disease is considered to be a

• type I survivorship curve
• population crasher
• density-dependent limiting factor
• population enhancer

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What type of population growth is shown in the graph?  

• logistic growth
• logical growth
• exponential growth
• density-dependent growth

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A sequence of biotic changes that regenerate or create an ecological community is known as

• factors
• erosion
• succession
• progression

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Lichens and mosses that first live in uninhabited areas are examples of

• secondary species
• non-native species
• pioneer species
• climax species

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