Population Ecology Test Review

What type of curve would be found on a graph showing exponential growth?

• J-curve

• S-curve

• L- curve

• C-curve

What type of curve would be found on a graph showing logistic growth?

• S-curve

• J-curve

• C-curve

• L-curve

This dispersion term is used to describe organisms that are spread as far apart from one another as possible.

• uniform

• random

• clumped

• geographic

Conditions such as shortages of food and living spaces that cause population growth to decrease.

• limiting factors

• carrying capacity

• survivorship curves

• big-bang reproduction

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The population size that can be supported over long periods of time.

• carrying capacity

• birth rate

• death rate

• exponential growth

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

This term is used to describe the location of organisms that have been dispersed by the wind.

• random

• clumped

• geographic

• uniform

A country that is sparsely populated has a few areas that are densely populated.

• clumped dispersion

• random dispersion

• uniform

• geographic

A group of organisms all of the same species and living in the same area.

• population

• community

• ecosystem

• biosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The graphs show the likelihood of survival at different ages throughout the organism's life span.

• survivorship curves

• age distribution graphs

• exponential growth curve

• logistic growth curve

In this type of reproduction, an organism produces all of its offspring in a single event.

• big-bang

• repeated

• not very often

• predation