chapter 44 population ecology

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

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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

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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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True or False: Limiting factors can be population dependent and population independent.

• True/Cierto
• False/Falso

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

• Unusual weather
• Natural disaster
• Births
• Disease

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

• competition
• parasitism/disease
• stress
• natural disasters

Human population grew exponentially after the industrial revolution. Which of the following DOES NOT help determine patterns in human population growth?

• age structure
• births
• deaths
• limiting factors

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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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