Ecology -- Populations & Succession

The movement of a single elephant into a herd is an example of

• competition

• emigration

• immigration

• population

To determine population density, you would divide the number of individuals living in a defined space by the

• perimeter of the area

• birth and death rates

• area of the space

• carrying capacity

Which of the following will decrease the size of a population?

• immigration and births

• emigration and births

• immigration and deaths

• emigration and deaths

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

• requirement for logistic growth

• density-independent limiting factor

• type I survivorship curve

• density-dependent limiting factor

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Which of the following is the best example of mutualism?

• A bee eating nectar and pollinating flowers

• A tick feeding on a deer

• A coyote killing and eating a rabbit

• A parent tree blocking sunlight from a seedling tree

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This graph shows a _______________- curve

• dispersion growth

• density dependent growth

• exponential growth

• logistic growth

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At what number of rabbits does the population in the graph level off?

• 65

• 55

• 80

• 50

What is the name for the maximum amount of rabbits shown in the graph?

• S-curve

• climax point

• carrying capacity

• density dependent limit

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During which month were the rabbits in exponential growth?

• May

• June

• August

• September

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What type of population growth is shown in the graph?

• carrying capacity growth

• density-dependent growth

• exponential growth

• logistic growth

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