Ecology 1

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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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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which statement sounds accurate based on the graph data. 

• The zebra and lions do not affect each other
• when lions population increases, so does the zebra population
• When the zebra population increases, it causes the lion population to also increase
• when zebra populations go down, the zebra population goes up. 

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Which of the following is NOT an example of a Density Dependent Factor?

• Parasitism

• Natural Disasters

• Predation

• Competition

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A density-dependent limiting factor only becomes limiting if:

• A population begins to decrease in size.

• Random events occur in nature.

• There are predator-prey interactions.

• A population reaches its carrying capacity.

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All of the meerkats that live in the same place at the same time make up a ____________.

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Population

• Biosphere

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______________ is all of the living and nonliving things in a given area.

• a population

• a community

• an ecosystem

• the biosphere

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All of the populations in a given area make up a ____________.

• community

• habitat

• ecosystem

• species

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What is a group of organisms that have similar traits and are able to produce fertile offspring?

• community

• population

• species

• competition

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Biome with plants and grasses, but no trees.

• grassland

• desert

• forest

• arctic tundra