population ecology review

Which of the following levels of organization is arranged in the correct sequence from most to least inclusive?

• community, ecosystem, individual, population

• ecosystem, community, population, individual

• population, ecosystem, induvial, community

• individual, population, community, ecosystem

food and water is an example of

• carrying capacity

• limiting nutrient

• limiting factors

• growth factor

The primary consumer is.

• grass

• insect

• frog

• eagle

An organism that cannot make their own food

• heterotroph

• autotroph

The largest number of individuals that an environment can support?

• logistical growth

• carrying capacity

• exponential growth

A collection of organisms that make up a community as well as all of the nonliving aspects of the environment

• ecosystem

• population

• community

• habitat

As a population reaches its carrying capacity, resources become more scarce. Which of the following would increase within the population?

• birthrate

• deathrate

• competition

• emigration

Which is NOT an abiotic factor

• rock

• weather

• sunflower

• wind

Which is NOT a biotic factor?

• temperature

• shark

• oak tree

• squirrel

A shark hunting a fish, is what type of ecological relationship?

• predator-prey

• parasitism

• commensalism

• mutation