Populations Quiz

What year is the zebra population the highest?

• 1920
• 2000
• 1960
• 2020

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All of the populations that live in one area together

• limiting factors

• populations

• community

• speed limit

An ecosystem is made up of _______ and ________ things.

• Living and nonliving
• Alive and dead
• Plants and animals
• Land and water

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A scientist would look at a group of rabbits that live in a meadow and call them a _____________.

• succession

• population

• community

• habitat

Most ecosystems have many food chains. What are food chains that overlap in an ecosystem and show feeding relationships? 

• unhealthy
• energy pyramid 
• food web
• matter

The ratio of births to deaths in a population is called what?

• Growth Rate

• Density

• Niche

• Habitat

What can occur if a population has plenty of food and space, and has no competition or predators?

• Reduction of carrying capacity

• Zero Population Growth

• Exponential Growth

• Coevolution

A reduction in population size caused by disease is what?

• Density Dependent

• Density Independent

• Density Dispersion

• Dispersion Dependent

In an ecosystem, which is NOT a density-
dependent limiting factor?

• competition
• parasitism
• predation
• natural disaster

If a population grows larger than its environmental carrying capacity, then

• death rate may rise.
• death rate may fall significantly.
• birth rate may rise significantly.
• immigration rate may increase.