Ecology Part 1 Review

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

• carrying capacity
• population crash
• lag phase
• mutualism

Natural disasters and weather patterns like earthquakes, floods, and tornadoes, blizzards, and heatwaves are considered ___________ ____________ limiting factors

• Density-dependent
• Density-independent

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which of the following best describes a population?

• members of the same species living in the same place at the same time
• all the red birds in an area
• all types of organisms living in the same place
• all members of the same species

What can occur if a population has OPTIMAL conditions for example: plenty of food and space, and has no competition or predators?

• reduction of carrying capacity

• exponential growth

• zero population growth

• coevolution

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Environmental factor that limits the growth and size of a population is known as __________.

• a limiting measure

• a limiting factor

• factorization

• materialization of precipitation

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

An example of a population is

• all trees in a forest
• all maple trees in a forest
• all plants in a forest
• all animals in a forest

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What are groups of different species living togther in the one area at the same time called?

• An organism

• A population

• A community

• A biosphere

A wolf is an example of...

• organism

• population

• communty

• ecosystem

Abby is walking to school with her best friend Jaylyn. They begin talking about everything they see including the ash trees, grass, weeds, ants, and people. They also notice how cold it is, how there are several large puffy clouds out, and how the sun is just starting to come up.  What level of organization are they discussing?

• community
• ecosystem
• biome
• biosphere

What are the ecological levels of organization from smallest to the largest?

• organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome

• organism, community, population, ecosystem, biome

• organism, population, community, biome, ecosystem, ecosphere.

• organism, community, population, biome, ecosystem, ecosphere