Population Ecology

If the number of births in a population is the same as the number of deaths in a population, what will happen to the growth of the population?

• It will increase.
• It will decrease.
• It will stay the same.
• It will fluctuate.

Largest number of individuals of a population that the environment can support...  

• carrying capacity
• population crash
• lag phase
• mutualism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Food, water, sunlight, shelter, and space are resources that are often __________.

• limiting factors
• wet
• messy
• found in rocks

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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-LS2-4

When organisms move out of the population, this is known as

• emigration
• abandonment
• immigration
• succession

Which kind of growth does the human population follow? It is described as a J-shaped curve.

• Exponential Growth
• Logistic Growth
• Outstanding Growth
• Minimal Growth

A population is...

• A group of one species in one area
• Multiple species that live in one area
• All of the living and nonliving things in an area
• None of these

Which of the following are examples of a density independent factors (pick all that are correct)?

• forest fire

• seasonal cycles

• storms

• disease

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which of the following are density dependent factors (pick all that are correct)?

• competition for resources

• predation

• disease

• natural disasters

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

The mortality rate of organisms following a type I survivorship curve is __________.

• fairly constant throughout life

• higher in elderly organisms (post reproductive years)

• lower after the organisms become established

• unrelated to age