Carrying Capacity Intro

Oxygens on land rarely compete for

• Oxygen

• Space

• Water

• Mates

Carrying Capacity refers to

• A Population

• An Organism

• A Community

• An Ecosystem

What is the Carrying Capacity of this population?

• 2 million

• 1 million

• .5 million

• 1.5 million

True or False: Populations can increase to infinite size

• True

• False

Many biotic factors affect individuals in a population. An example of an organism being directly affected by a biotic factor is

• A Squirrel can not find a mate

• A Flood washes away a Maple Tree

• A Plant is in a dark room

• A Chipmunk uses a rock pile for a home

The term Finite means

• Limited

• Unlimited

As energy flows through an ecosystem, most of it is

• Converted into Protein

• Stored as Starch

• Lost to the environment as heat

• Passed onto the next organism in the food chain

If a population exceeds its carrying capacity, what is likely to happen?

• The population will soon decline

• The population will continue to increase

• The population will remain the same

True or False: Limiting factors can be Abiotic and Biotic

• True

• False

In a healthy ecosystem, which population will be higher?

• Mice

• Hawks