Speciation, Populations, and Evidences of Evolution Quizizz

Exponential population growth can be described as

• growth when resources are limited

• a j-shaped curve

• a s-shaped curve

• growth that reaches carrying capacity

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Logistic population growth can be described as

• growth when resources are limited

• a s-shaped curve

• reaching carrying capacity

• all of the above

Which country will have the most rapid population growth?

• Sweeden

• United States

• Mexico

• None

Density-independent limiting factors to population growth includes

• stress from overcrowding

• parasitism

• competition

• natural disasters

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As resources become less available the growth of a population

• slows or stops

• decreases or increases

• up or down

• in or out

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What could cause exponential growth in population in a community?

• people lifting heavy stuff

• a community leaving

• someone spreading a plague

• people moving to the community/unlimited resources

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occurs when population slows or stops following a period of exponential growth.

• no growth

• population growth

• logistic growth

• exponential growth

Exponential Growth occurs when-

• populations have plenty of food/space

• home to keystone species

• have few evasive species in a habitat

• have little to no competition or predators

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Three factors can affect population size

• births, deaths,leaves or enters population

• deaths, birth, buildings

• photosynthesis, weather, deaths

• houses, weather, heath

A flash flood carried a raft of Amazon ants away from their original population. There is enough distance between the two groups, that they will never meet in nature again. What type of reproductive barrier is this?

• behavioral isolation
• temporal isolation 
• gametic isolation
• geographic isolation 

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