2.12 Reading Quiz II

An unknown species employs a K-selected reproductive strategy. Which of the traits listed in the figure would accurately describe this species?

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

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When individuals join a population

• Aliens
• migration
• Immigration
• Emigration

Nesting birds often space themselves evenly from other nests. This pattern is called

• clumped dispersion.
• uniform dispersion.
• random dispersion
• scatter dispersion

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Which of the following will increase the size of a population?

• emigration and births
• immigration and deaths
• immigration and births
• emigration and deaths

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Which of the following is a density-dependent limiting factor?

• human activities 
• unusual weather
• competition
• natural disaster

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which of the following is a density-independent limiting factor?

• natural disaster
• predation
• disease
• parasitism

What does the graph represent?

• Emigration
• Exponential growth
• Immigration
• Logistic Growth

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NGSS.HS-LS2-2

k - selected species are adapted for

• life in a stable ecosystem with competition

• life in an unstable ecosystem with little competition

• life outside their ecological niche

• somewhere in between

Which of these is an example of an r- Selected Species?

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Which of these is a K-selected species?

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