11.20 The basics of population biology quiz

The maximum number of individual organisms that an ecosystem can comfortably support is

• exponential growth

• carrying capacity

• population

• tolerance

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The number of individuals of a population in a given area is

• population density

• demography

• slow life history

• age structure

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Limiting factor that depends on population size

Ex: competition, predation and herbivory, parasitism and disease, stress from overcrowding

• density dependent

• density independent

• carrying capacity

• tolerance

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Living factors or organisms that affect an ecosystem

• abiotic factors
• species
• trophic level
• biotic factors

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An environmental factor such as storms and extreme heat or cold that affects population regardless of their density

• density- dependent factor
• population density
• dispersion
• density- independent factor

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How fast a specific population grows

• dispersion
• population density
• population growth rate
• density- independent factor

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The movement of individuals away from a population

• emigration
• immigration
• dispersion
• population density

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A ________ consists of all the members of the same type of organism that live in an ecosystem.

• population
• ecosystem
• community
• biome

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Which of the following would provide the most energy in an ecosystem?

• Producers
• Herbivore
• Omnivore
• Carnivore

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

• Density-Dependent

• Density-Independent

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