U7.L1- Population Growth

If the number of births in a population is the same as the number of deaths in a population, what will happen to the growth of the population?

• It will increase.
• It will decrease.
• It will stay the same.
• It will fluctuate.

If the number of births is greater than the number of deaths in a population, what will happen to the growth of the population?

• It will increase.
• It will decrease.
• It will stay the same.
• It will fluctuate.

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

If there is more food than usual in an ecosystem, then the population will mostly likely...

• stay the same
• decrease
• increase

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Any thing or organism that regulates the size of a population of another organism is known as __________.

• a limiting measure
• a limiting factor
• factorization
• materialization of precipitation

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

In a forest ecosystem, which of the following is the best example of a limiting factor for a rabbit population?

• Squirrel Population
• Sunlight
• Grass available

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

When organisms move out of the population, this is known as

• emigration
• abandonment
• immigration
• succession

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NGSS.HS-LS2-1

What is happening in a population as it decreases?

• more emigration occurs 
• more immigration occurs
• the birth rate and death rate remain the same

What happened to the wolf population between 1980 and 1982?

• it increased rapidly
• it decreased rapidly

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

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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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

What is the equation we use to calculate population growth?

• (births - deaths ) + (immigration + emigration)

• (births - deaths ) + (immigration - emigration)

• (births - emigration ) + (immigration + deaths)

• (births + deaths ) - (immigration + emigration)