Chapter 19 Populations

_{If the amount of food or resources available increases, the carrying capacity for an animal:}

• Stays the same

• Increases

• Decreases

• Fluctuates

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How would you describe the population size at the12th unit of time?

• The population is constant.

• The population is decreasing.

• The population is increasing.

• The population increases then decreases.

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The size of a population compared to the amount of space available is called the _________________.

• biotic potential

• population density

• limiting factor

• carrying capacity

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Anything that restricts the size of a population is a ________________________.

• biotic potential

• carrying capacity

• species

• limiting factor

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What is happening to the population between the 4th and 8th unit of time?

• It is increasing slowly.

• It is increasing rapidly.

• It is constant.

• It is decreasing.

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I pour two cups of Lucky Charms into a bowl. I pick out fifteen marshmallows. Fifteen marshmallows per two cups of Lucky Charms is an example of which of the following?

• Limiting factor

• Biotic potential

• Ecosystem

• Population density

All of the elephants that live in this area at the same time make up a _____________________.

• ecosystem

• community

• population

• biosphere

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If the number of births in a population is the same as 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.

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

• carrying capacity
• population crash
• lag phase
• mutualism

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