Population Graphs (COL)

What happened to the Hare population after the decrease in Lynx population in 1860?

• The decrease of lynx led to an increase in the amount of hares.

• The decrease of lynx led to a decrease in the hare population.

• The hare population stayed the same.

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CCSS.RI.6.7

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CCSS.RL.8.7

Which of the following changes occurred when the wolf was introduced back into Yellowstone National Park? (Select all that apply)

• The elk population increased.

• The rivers stabilized.

• The amount of producers increased.

• The population of bears increased.

• The beavers returned.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

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What were the negative impacts on the ecosystem when wolves were removed from Yellowstone National Park?

• There were less producers/Plants.

• The size of the river decreased.

• Transform plate boundaries caused an earthquake.

• The park was forced to close.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

If a drought occurs, how would it affect the primary consumers(animals that eat plants OR Herbivores)?

• The population size would increase.

• The population size would decrease.

• There would be no change.

• The primary consumers would hunt each other.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

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How did the increased population of wolves in year 5 affect the deer population in year 6?

• The increase in wolves led to a decrease in deer.

• There was no effect because the data showed that the population stayed the same.

• The increase in wolves led to an increase in deer.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What caused the population of deer to drop from year 1 to year 2?

• The deer ate each other.

• Producers became extinct.

• A wild Elsasser appeared and killed them all!

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

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What causes competition to occur in an environment?

• Good conditions make resources plentiful.

• Organisms struggle for a limited resource.

• Members of a population have different roles.

• A population falls below the environment’s carrying capacity.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Without other changes to a population, which of the following will cause a population to increase in size?

• The birth rate equals the death rate.

• The birth rate is less than the death rate.

• The birth rate is greater than the death rate.

• The birth rate and the death rate both equal 0.

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NGSS.HS-LS2-6

Which of the following is an example of an abiotic limiting factor on population size?

• water availability

• Availability of food

• disease

• predation

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Carrying Capacity is

• the capacity of what one person can carry per day

• how many animals you have in your daily bag limit at the end of the year

• wildebeest at a watering hole with zebras

• the maximum number of population size that the ecosystem can support

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4