Carrying Capacity

Factors that limit the growth of a population are called?

• Carrying Capacity

• Limiting Factors

____________ is a limiting factor to the monarch butterflies because it is their only source of food.

• Water

• Milkweed

• Sunflowers

• Sacred Fir Trees

When all the resources needed are available the population number...

• Increases

• Decreases

• Stays the same

Carrying capacity is...

• The lowest number of organisms in an ecosystem.

• The total number of organisms in an ecosystem.

• The maximum number of organisms an ecosystem and its resources can support.

• The number of living organisms in an ecosystem.

During which day did this population reach carrying capacity?

• Day 2

• Day 11

• Day 23

• Day 35

When resources are not available a population will _____________ in size.

• Increase

• Decrease

• Stay the same

The amount of water available limit the growth of a population?

• True

• False

• Unsure

When you read scientific text it is important to take notes or annotate.

• True

• False

• Unsure

Parasites and diseases will ______________ the size of a population, so the are examples of limiting factors.

• Increase

• Decrease

• Stay the same

Limiting factors can be biotic or abiotic.

• True

• False

• Unsure