Population - Ecology

What factor describes when populations increase because animals are moving into a population?

• Emigration
• Limiting Factors
• Immigration
• Exponential Growth

What factor describes when populations decrease because animals are moving out of a population?

• Emigration
• Limiting Factors
• Immigration
• Exponential Growth

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

As a population grows, it will most likely stop growing at what size?

• Growth limit
• Exponential limit
• Carrying Capacity
• It won't stop growing

What type of factors represent the living organisms in an environment?

• Abiotic

• Biotic

• Viruses

• Natural Disasters

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What type of factors represent the nonliving aspects of an environment?

• Abiotic

• Biotic

• Bacteria

• Protists

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

If the number of births in a population is the same as the number of deaths in a population, what will happen to the growth of the population?

• It will increase.
• It will decrease.
• It will stay the same.
• It will fluctuate.

Food, water, sunlight, shelter, and space are resources that are often __________.

• limiting factors
• wet
• messy
• found in rocks

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

The size of a population increases if the number of individuals added to the population is equal to the number of individuals leaving the population.

• True

• False

Three coyotes per one square mile is an example of

• Birth Rate

• Carrying Capacity

• Death Rate

• Population Density