ENV 3A Population Ecology

What type of population growth is shown in the graph up above?

• Carrying capacity growth

• Logistic growth

• Exponential growth

• Density dependent growth

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-1

What pattern of growth will a population with limited resources show?

• Logistic

• Density-independent

• Exponential

• Density-dependent

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Conditions in the environment that impact the size of the population are called

• Populations

• Habitats

• Niches

• Limiting factors

Based on the pie chart above, which events would harm the Georgia Black Bear population?

• Restriction on humans hunting bears

• Large scale forest fires

• Damming lakes and rivers

• Introduction of the bald eagle

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which factor is density-dependent limiting factor on the population of a species?

• Unusual weather

• Natural disasters

• Predation

• Seasonal variation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What does the graph represent?

• Emigration
• Exponential growth
• Immigration
• Logistic Growth

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-1

Logistic growth has 3 phases. In Phase 1, the population grows rapidly. In Phase 2, population grows slowly. In Phase 3, growth stops. What causes growth to stop in the 3rd phase of logistic growth?

• Emigration
• Immigration
• Exponential Growth
• Carrying Capacity

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Which limiting factor would increase due to the number of individuals in a population?

• Unusual weather
• Natural disaster
• Births
• Disease

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-1

NGSS.HS-LS2-6

Which limiting factor is independent of the number of individuals in a population?

• competition
• parasitism/disease
• stress
• natural disasters

Human population grew exponentially after the industrial revolution. Which of the following DOES NOT help determine patterns in human population growth?

• age structure
• births
• deaths
• limiting factors