Environmental Science Chapter 4 Review

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

What does the graph represent?

• Emigration
• Exponential growth
• Immigration
• Logistic Growth

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NGSS.HS-LS2-2

What does the graph represent?

• Emigration

• Exponential growth

• Immigration

• Logistic Growth

Logistic growth has 3 phases. In Phase 1, the population grows rapidly. In Phase 2, population grows slowly. In Phase 3, growth stops. What causes growth to stop in the 3rd phase of logistic growth?

• Emigration
• Immigration
• Exponential Growth
• Carrying Capacity

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

• competition
• parasitism/disease
• stress
• natural disasters

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NGSS.HS-LS2-6

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

Which limiting factor would increase due to the number of individuals in a population?

• Unusual weather
• Natural disaster
• Births
• Disease

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which of the following is TRUE of predator/prey relationships?

• The amount of prey does not affect the number of predators.
• Herbivores are limited by the number of prey in an ecosystem.
• Humans are not considered predators.
• The number of predators is determined by available prey.

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A group of individuals that interbreed and produce fertile offspring is a common definition for

• ecology.

• species.

• population.

• community.

Which of the following describes a population that is distributed evenly across an area?

• random

• uniform

• clumped

• crowded