Ecology Part III

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.

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NGSS.HS-LS2-6

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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NGSS.HS-LS2-6

What growth pattern describes a population whose growth rate slows or stops following a period of exponential growth?

• logistic growth

• population growth

• exponential growth

• predator-prey cycle

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NGSS.HS-LS2-6

What type of growth is shown in the diagram?

• exponential growth

• logistic growth 

• predator-prey cycle

• boom-bust curve

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CCSS.HSF-IF.C.7E

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

What do you call a period of rapid growth?

• exponential growth

• logistic growth

• emigration

• predator-prey cycle

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NGSS.HS-LS4-2

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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NGSS.HS-LS2-1

What type of factor has an increasing impact as the population size increases?

• density-independent

• density-dependent

• cohort effect

• survivorship factor

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NGSS.HS-LS2-6

Which of the following are density dependent factors?

• competition for resources

• predation

• disease

• natural disasters

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NGSS.HS-LS4-2

Excessive amounts of rain caused a flood in the southwest United States that resulted in substantial amounts of deaths in the rabbit population? This situation is an example of a density _____________ limiting factor.

• density-independent

• density-dependent

• density- too high

• density- too low

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4