Overpopulation Study Guide

When a number of organisms exceeds the capacity of the environment that supports them it is called overpopulation

• TRUE

• FALSE

After the lemming population boom (rapid increase) what happened next?

• starvation

• death

• cliff jumping

• became carnivores

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The snowy owl followed a similar population trend to the lemming population because the snowy owl is their ______________.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

An example of decrease in biological diversity is cyanobacteria because it affects multiple organisms.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What resources does an organism's habitat need to provide to prevent overpopulation?

• water pollution

• food, water, shelter

• caves

• overgrazed lands

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The effects of overpopulation include...

• starvation

• degrade in habitats

• decline in biodiversity

• none

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The variety of species that exist in an environment is called biodiversity.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The lemming population cycle is_________

• starvation, death, mass migration

• death, migration, starvation

• cliff jumping, migration, death

• migration, starvation

a place where organisms lives and organism has food water and shelter

• shelter

• population

• habitat

• biosphere

Changes in the environment’s limiting factors can upset the ______ in a population.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4