Quiz #5 Population ecology (Same as #4 REDO)

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

• carrying capacity
• population crash
• lag phase
• mutualism

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What is the carrying capacity for this sheep population?

• 1.8 million
• 1.25 million
• 1.6 million
• 1.o million

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When a population grows past the ecosystem's carrying capacity, what happens to the population?

• Continues to grow
• The population starts to die off to return to carrying capcity
• The population will go extinct due to lack of resources
• The population grows then finds a new carrying capacity

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In a forest ecosystem, which of the following is the best example of a limiting factor for a rabbit population?

• Squirrel Population
• Sunlight
• Grass available

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When organisms move out of the population, this is known as

• emigration
• abandonment
• immigration
• succession

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which statement sounds accurate based on the graph data. 

• The zebra and lions do not affect each other
• when lions population increases, so does the zebra population
• When the zebra population increases, it causes the lion population to also increase
• when zebra populations go down, the zebra population goes up. 

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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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What type of growth is represented behind?

• exponential
• logistics
• a good kind
• representative

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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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