Population Ecology

What type of curve would be expected of a population of deer that have reached carrying capacity?

• Exponential

• Limited

• Logistic

• Infinite

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Which is an example of a biotic limiting factor?

• sun

• water

• trees

• pH of soil

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

• Emigration
• Limiting Factors
• Immigration
• Exponential Growth

What does the graph represent?

• Emigration
• Exponential growth
• Immigration
• Logistic Growth

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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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NGSS.HS-LS2-1

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Which kind of growth does the human population follow? It is described as a J-shaped curve.

• Exponential Growth
• Logistic Growth
• Outstanding Growth
• Minimal Growth

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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

What will happen to the population when the death rate is larger than the birth rate?

• grow
• shrink
• stay the same
• None of these

Which will add more organisms to a population? 

• 5 animals die
• 0 animals are born
• 3 animals immigrate to the population
• 2 animals emmigrate from the population

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