Ch 5 Populations

Which of the following is an EXAMPLE of a limiting factor?

• Water
• the color of the sky
• Migration
• Thick fur

_{^{The  number of individuals a habitat can sustain with the resources it has available}}

• Carrying capacity
• Limiting factors
• Resources
• Population

_{What is the carrying capacity of the graph?}

• around 500
• more than 500
• less than 500
• around 600

_{If the carrying capacity of a predator decreases, what will happen to the carrying capacity of the prey?}

• Will Increase
• Will Decrease
• Will stay the same
• Will fluctuate

What type of population growth does this graph represent?

• Minimum growth
• Logistic growth
• Exponential growth
• Carrying capacity growth

What term describes when a population reaches its maximum number that the environment can support?

• Abiotic capacity
• Maximum growth level
• Carrying capacity
• Exponential capacity

A severe frost wipes out the citrus crop in Florida

• Density-dependent

• Density-independent

Two animals attempt to occupy the same habitat. The more aggressive animal survives and the other does not.

• Density-dependent

• Density-independent

A factor that decreases the population or keeps it from increasing

• Limiting Factor

• Food Surplus

• High Birth Rate

• Carrying Capacity

The area inhabited by a population is 

• geographic range
• age structure