Populations/Biodiversity

What is a population?

• An increase in the amount of organisms in one area.

• Population divided by the total area.

• The number of organisms in a geographic area.

• The pattern where people live.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What is population density?

• An increase in the amount of people in one area.

• Population divided by the total area.

• The number of people in a geographic area.

• The pattern where people live.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The largest number of individuals of a population that the environment can support...

• carrying capacity

• population

• biome

• mutualism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Food, water, sunlight, shelter, and space are resources that are called

• limiting factors

• species

• biotic

• none of the above

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Any thing or organism that regulates the size of a population of another organism 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

Which of the following is a density dependent factor?

• volcanic eruption

• earthquake

• disease

• hurricane

Density-independent limiting factors to population growth includes

• stress from overcrowding

• parasitism

• competition

• natural disasters

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What type of growth curve is shown in the picture?

• Logistic

• Exponential

What type of growth curve is shown in the picture?

• Logistic

• Exponential

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NGSS.HS-LS2-1

A snake is eaten by a hawk. The hawk is the _______.

• prey

• parasite

• predator

• all of these

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4