Ch 4 Population Ecology

What type of factor?

As the number of cheetahs drops, the number of gazelles increases

• density dependent

• density independent

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-6

What type of factor?

An ice storm kills many ducks

• density dependent

• density independent

What type of factor?

hurricanes frequently reduce palm tree populations

• Density Dependent

• Density Independent

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

What type of factor?

a drought wipes out a seed bearing plant population

• Density Dependent

• Density Independent

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-6

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

What type of factor?

an island has only enough nesting sights for 6 pairs of pelicans

• Density Dependent

• Density Independent

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-1

NGSS.HS-LS2-2

Technology has allowed humans to temporarily increase the carrying capacity of Earth.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-1

Population-limiting factors keep a population from increasing indefinitely.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-1

NGSS.HS-LS2-6

NGSS.HS-LS2-2

Industrially developed countries generally have high population growth rates.

• True

• False

If Honduras were to experience a low birth rate and death rate in the next five years, it would be undergoing a demographic transition.

• True

• False

Competition can occur within a species or between two different species.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-2