Limiting Factors

Carrying capacity is...

• The maximum number of individuals that can fit into an area

• Ability of an area to accommodate a growing population

• The greatest # of individuals an area can support over time.

• The maximum number of species that can co-exist in an area

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What is the carrying capacity shown on the graph?

• 90 Rabbits

• 0.9 Rabbits

• 9 Rabbits

• 9 Years

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If a population of gazelle decrease, the population of cheetahs will...

• Decrease

• Increase

• Stay the same

• Cheetahs don't eat gazelle

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Which of the following statements is true?

• A decrease in food availability lowers carrying capacity.

• An increase in water will decrease the carrying capacity.

• A fishes population cannot exceed the carrying capacity.

• A population stays level once at carrying capacity.

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True or False: A natural disaster is an example of a limiting factor.

• True

• False

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Carrying capacity applies to...

• Humans

• Animals

• Plants

• All of the above

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What is the definition of a population?

• All the animals living in an area.

• All the people on Earth.

• All the members of a species living in the same area.

• All living things.

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If humans destroys all of the Sea Turtles nesting sites, what is going to happen to the Sea Turtles?

• Increase

• Decrease

• Stay the same

• Sea Turtles don't need to nest

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What would happen to the hedgehog population if more foxes were introduced to the population?

• Increase

• Decrease

• Stay the same

• What are hedgehogs?

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What would happen the organisms in this food web if there was a severe drought?

• Increase

• Decrease

• Stay the same

• What is a drought?

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