Ecology A & B Brain Booster

Largest number of individuals of a population that the environment can support...  

• carrying capacity
• population crash
• lag phase
• mutualism

What type of growth is represented behind?

• exponential
• logistics
• a good kind
• representative

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What point on the graph represents the carrying capacity?

• A
• B
• C
• D

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Which of the following are density dependent factors?

• competition for resources

• predation

• disease

• natural disasters

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Which of the following are examples of a density independent factors?

• forest fire

• seasonal cycles

• storms

• disease

Which choice most closely approximates the deer population's carrying capacity based on the graph?

• 100

• 80

• 60

• 10

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A certain plant needs moisture, carbon dioxide, oxygen, light, and minerals to survive. This scenario shows that this particular living organism depends on .

• Biotic and Abiotc Factors
• Biotic Factors 
• Abiotic Factors 
• None of the Above

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Organisms that relies on other organisms for food; consumer

• autotroph

• decomposer

• heterotroph

• species

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What may happen if the snowshoe hare was removed from the food web pictured?

• The insects in the habitat would increase.
• The shrew population would decrease due to being only hawk food source.
• The willow tree population would decrease.
• Foxes would dies due to no food source. 

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An organism that produces its own food supply from inorganic compounds is called a(an)

• heterotroph
• consumer
• detritivore
• autotroph