Population Ecology Quiz

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

• carrying capacity
• population crash
• lag phase
• mutualism

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NGSS.HS-LS2-1

Food, water, sunlight, shelter, and space are resources that are often __________.

• limiting factors
• wet
• messy
• found in rocks

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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

• emigration
• abandonment
• immigration
• succession

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NGSS.HS-LS2-1

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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NGSS.HS-LS4-2

What type of growth is represented behind?

• exponential
• logistics
• a good kind
• representative

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

What point on the graph represents the carrying capacity?

• A
• B
• C
• D

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Many fish die due to a drastic change in water temperature.

• Density-Dependent

• Density-Independent

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which of the following is a density-dependent limiting factor?

• human activities

• unusual weather

• competition

• natural disaster

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

What is the carrying capacity of the graph?

• 1000

• 8000

• 800

• 600

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Which of the following would INCREASE the carrying capacity of an ecosystem?

• increase in predators
• disease
• increase in available food
• drought

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1