Population Growth

If the number of births is greater than 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.

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NGSS.HS-LS2-6

What growth pattern describes a population whose growth rate slows or stops following a period of exponential growth?

• logistic growth
• population growth
• exponential growth
• predator-prey cycle

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NGSS.HS-LS2-6

What type of growth is shown in the diagram?

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

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CCSS.HSF-IF.C.7E

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

• carrying capacity
• population crash
• lag phase
• mutualism

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NGSS.HS-LS2-1

What do you call a period of rapid growth?

• exponential growth
• logistic growth
• emigration
• predator-prey cycle

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NGSS.HS-LS4-2

What type of growth curve is pictured?

• exponential 
• logistic
• predator-prey
• invasive

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Which type of growth is best illustrated by this rabbit population?

• exponential
• logistic
• S-shaped
• predator-prey

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NGSS.HS-LS2-1

NGSS.HS-LS2-2

Type of growth that occurs under ideal conditions?

• predator-prey cycle
• logistic
• exponential

What is the carrying capacity of this population?

• 100
• 200
• 300
• 400

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

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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