Unit 4: Populations

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.

If the number of births is greater than 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

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

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

• Squirrel Population
• Sunlight
• Grass available

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

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number of organisms per unit area/volume

• carrying capacity

• limiting factor

• total population

• population density

A group of the same species of organism living in the same place​

• Hang out

• Pod

• Density

• Population

The Amount by which a Population Size Changes in an Given Time Period​

• Population

• Population Density

• Population Growth

• Rate of change

What happens to a population with a lack of limiting factors (predators, disease, competition, and other factors that decrease population growth).​

• Shrinks

• Immigration

• Indefinite growth

• Emigration

What growth model has an J-shaped curve?

• Logistic

• Exponential