The Lynx Eats the Hare Lab

What kind of relationship is being demonstrated in this lab?

• Predation

• Competition

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

What happens if a population grows past its carrying capacity?

• The population keeps growing

• The population starts to die off

• The entire species will go extinct

• The carrying capacity just increases

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The largest number of individuals that an environment can support long term is...

• carrying capacity

• emigration

• immigration

• population density

Something that regulates the size of a population is called...

• a limiting measure

• a limiting factor

• carrying capacity

• biodiversity

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What is NOT a biotic factor that affects carrying capacity?

• Food / Prey

• Disease

• Mates

• Temperature

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What answer has a list of only Abiotic Factors that can affect the carrying capacity?

• Sunlight, Oxygen, Water

• Habitat Space, Water, Food

• Water, Oxygen, Disease

• Disease, Food, Mates

What is boom and bust cycling in Ecology?

• Populations' growth is logistic for awhile, & then a crash happens

• Populations' growth is exponential for awhile, & then a crash happens

• Populations' growth is exponential forever

• Populations' growth crashes before it even begins due to disease

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When looking at a boom & bust cycle, which population busts first? Predator or Prey?

• Both at the same time

• Predator

• Prey

• Neither busts

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What type of relationship is predator-prey?

• + / +, predator gets food (+) and prey is killed (+)

• + / -, predator gets food (-) but prey is killed (+)

• + / 0, predator gets food (+) but prey is killed (0)

• + / -, predator gets food (+) but prey is killed (-)

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Why would the population of the prey still change numbers without the predators being around?

• competition between the prey is still occurring

• predation has long lasting affects even when not present

• competition is happening between the predator and the preys

• The population numbers are not changing if predators are not there

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