5.2 Limits to growth

What is the carrying capacity of the graph?

• around 500
• more than 500
• less than 500
• around 600

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Natural disasters can be considered limiting factors.

• true: density independent limiting factors

• false; natural disasters are not limiting factors

• true: density dependent limiting factors

• false: because Mrs. Schaffer said

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Limiting factors which impact the size of a population no matter how large that population is.

• Density Independent Limiting Factors
• Density Dependent Limiting Factors
• Carrying Capacity
• Exponential Growth

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

An environmental factor such as storms and extreme heat or cold that decrease a population are considered to be. 

• density- dependent factor
• population density
• dispersion
• density- independent factor

A lion and a cheetah attempt to occupy the same niche. The more aggressive lion survives; the cheetah does not.

• Density-Dependent: Competition

• Density-Independent: Competition

• Density-Dependent: Predator-Prey

• Density-Independent: Predator-Prey

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A severe frost wipes out 50% of the coffee crop in Brazil.

• Density-Dependent

• Density-Independent

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Due to stress, large numbers of female lemmings miscarry their young and fail to reproduce.

• Density-Dependent

• Density-Independent

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

An extensive drought in the Serengeti Plain threatens wildebeest, giraffe, zebra, and springbok populations.

• Density-Dependent

• Density-Independent

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4