Populations and Energy Transfer

_{If the amount of food or resources available increases, the carrying capacity for an animal.....}

• Stays the same

• Increases

• Decreases

• Fluctuates

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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This is the 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-LS2-1

Which type of growth is best illustrated by this rabbit population?

• exponential

• logistic

• S-shaped

• predator-prey

What point on the graph represents the carrying capacity?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

In a forest ecosystem, which of the following is the best example of a limiting factor for a rabbit population?

• The squirrel population

• The amount of sunlight

• Amount of grass available

• Rabbits have no limiting factors

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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Water, sunlight, shelter, and space are resources that are often........

• abiotic limiting factors

• biotic limiting factors

• non-limiting factors

• exponetial factors

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

What would the carrying capacity of this graph be

• 530
• 400
• 500
• 480

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

According to the graph, what is causing the deer population to decrease

• They got sick

• The wolf population is decreasing

• The wolf population increased

• They ran out of food

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What would happen to the bird if the green fish died out?

• the bird population would grow

• the bird population would die out

• the smaller fish will die out

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

What is the bottom layer of the an energy pyramid?

• producer

• tertiary consumer

• Secondary consumer

• primary consumer

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