Limiting Factors

A snake is eaten by a hawk. The hawk is the _______.

• prey
• parasite
• predator
• all of these

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Food, water, sunlight, shelter, and space are resources that are  __________.

• limiting factors
• wet
• messy
• found in rocks

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If a disease destroying barley plants in a field swept through an ecosystem, what would happen to the barley eating bird population in the the field ?

• The bird population would stay the same
• The bird population would infinitely increase
• The bird population would decrease

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All members of one species in a certain area.

• Population
• Limiting Factors
• Immigration
• Birth Rate

The largest number of organisms that the environment can support. 

• Carrying Capacity
• Limiting Factor

Environmental factors that keep a population from increasing. 

• Carrying Capacity
• Limiting Factors

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Which is NOT an example of a limiting factor.

• Climate
• Available Food & Water
• Available Space & Shelter
• Species color

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What happens when an environment reaches its carrying capacity?

• Populations will decrease
• Resources such as food, water, and space will be unlimited
• Populations will increase
• Nothing, everything will stay the same.

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The harvest mouse population is

decreasing. A reason for this

decrease might be that ____.

• the song sparrow population has increased.

• the smelt population has decreased.

• the marsh hawk population has increased.

• the snail population has decreased.

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Nonliving parts of an ecosystem

• Biotic

• Abiotic

• Prebiotic

• Nonbiotic

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