Biology Unit 1 Review: Population Ecology

What do we call the part of the graph where the line starts to flatten out?

• carrying capacity

• logistical growth

• exponential growth

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Which line represents a population without a limiting factor?

• blue

• red

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Which line represents a population with a limiting factor?

• blue

• red

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Where does most of the energy on Earth come from?

• plants

• the sun

• animals

• mushrooms

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Place the energy in the correct order from the bottom of the pyramid to the top.

• 100 kg, 10000 kg, 1 kg

• 1 kg, 10 kg, 100 kg, 1000 kg

• 1000 kg, 100 kg, 10 kg, 1 kg

• 10 kg, 100 kg, 1000 kg, 1 kg

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What would happen if producers were removed from this food web?

• primary consumers would become primary producers

• Hunger Games

• there would not be anything for primary consumers to eat, so everything would start to die.

• nothing

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Which of the following organisms is a pioneer species?

• oak trees

• flowering plants

• lichens

• shrubs

Primary succession begins in an area lacking ________.

• rocks

• soil

• water

• volcanos

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Match the definition to the correct term. Type of ecological succession in which plants and animals recolonize an area after a major disturbance.

• Primary Succession

• Secondary Succession

Which of the following is an example of a climax community?

• new growth starting from scratch

• mainly flowering plants and shrubs

• pines and other evergreens

• species highly diverse

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