Intro to Populations Review

Which type of growth does the graph display?

• logistic Growth

• exponential growth

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Which of the following correctly defines a population?

• all of the biotic and abiotic factors in an area

• all the different living organisms in an ecosystem

• a group of the same species in a given area

• anywhere we find life on earth

Which of the following displays the most dense population?

• 22 pine trees on one acre

• 35 pine trees on ten acres

• 35 pine trees on one acre

• 22 pine trees on 2 acres

Which type of growth does the graph display?

• Logistic growth

• exponential growth

What is the carrying capacity?

• any biotic or abiotic factor that causes population growth to decline

• the maximum number of individuals and environment can support.

• when a population experiences a die off

What is the carrying capacity for this population?

• 100

• 175

• 125

• 250

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Which of the following is NOT an example of a population?

• the fish of the Mediterranean Sea

• the snowshoe hares in the Adirondack Mountains

• the Pacific Cod found in the Bering Sea

• the lobster-claw flowers of the Amazon Rainforest

Which of the following are examples of density dependent limiting factors?

• competition

• predation

• disease

• all of the above

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Freezing temperatures, droughts, hurricanes, floods, fires and tornadoes are all examples of:

• density dependent limiting factors

• density independent limiting factors

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What do we call the number and variety of life on earth?

• a population

• limiting factors

• carrying capacity

• biodiversity

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