Ch. 2 Vocabulary - Populations

The size of a population compared to the amount of space available is called the _________________.

• biotic potential

• population density

• limiting factor

• carrying capacity

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Anything that restricts the size of a population is a ________________________.

• biotic potential

• carrying capacity

• species

• limiting factor

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

If the number of births is greater than the number of deaths in a population, what will happen to the growth of the population?

• It will increase.
• It will decrease.
• It will stay the same.
• It will fluctuate.

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

If the number of births in a population is the same as the number of deaths in a population, what will happen to the growth of the population?

• It will increase.
• It will decrease.
• It will stay the same.
• It will fluctuate.

What is the carrying capacity for this sheep population?

• 1.8 million

• 1.25 million

• 1.6 million

• 1.0 million

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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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

If there is more food than usual in an ecosystem, then the population will mostly likely...

• stay the same
• decrease
• increase

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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

• Frog population

• Sunlight

• Grass available

Which of these could cause a population to decrease?

• more emigration occurs

• more immigration occurs

• the birth rate and death rate remain the same

• the birth rate exceeds the death rate

All of the following are limiting factors except

• immigration

• competition

• predation

• disease