Predator -Prey Graphs and Graphing Eco 2 Part 2

The graphs below represent competition between two different species. The solid line is the native species and the dotted line is an introduced species. Which graph best represents the native species out-competing the introduced species?

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What is the carrying capacity for this sheep population?

• 1.8 million
• 1.25 million
• 1.6 million
• 1.o million

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What point on the graph represents the carrying capacity?

• A
• B
• C
• D

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The graph to the right shows the interaction of the wolf and moose populations on Isle Pekie. If the moose population continues to increase, the wolves' food supply will increase. What will most likely happen to the wolf population as a result?

• It will decrease.

• It will increase.

• It will remain the same.

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What is happening to the population size of this organism during letter A?

• population is increasing

• population is decreasing

• population has reached carrying capacity

• population is extinct

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The graph to the right shows the interaction of the wolf and moose populations on Isle Pekie. If the moose population continues to increase, the wolves' food supply will increase. What type of relationship is represented by this graph?

• parasitism

• predator-prey

• commensalism

• mutualism

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What has happened to the birth rate compared to the death rate of this population?

• the death rate is greater than the birth rate

• the death rate and birth rate are equal

• the birth rate is greater than the death rate

• the birth rate is increasing

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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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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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