Ecology Quiz - 9/5

What are the 5 levels of ecological hierarchy in order? (smallest to largest)

• 1. population, organism, ecosystem, community, biosphere

• biosphere, population, community, ecosystem, organism

• organism, population, community, ecosystem, biosphere

• biosphere, ecosystem, community, population, organism

  
  

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• population

• organism

• community

• biosphere

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• ecosystem

• organism

• biome

• population

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• biospheres

• biomes

• organisms

• ecosystems

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• biosphere

• organism

• biome

• ecosystem

What is population size?
(¿Qué es el tamaño de la población?)

• the number of individuals divided by the land area

  (el número de individuos dividido por la superficie terrestre)

• a singular individual

  (un individuo singular)

• the number of individuals living in a population together

  (el número de individuos que viven juntos en una población)

• multiple different populations living together

  (múltiples poblaciones diferentes que viven juntas)

Which one of the following is an example of a density-dependent limiting factor?

• temperature

• elevation

• food supply

• natural disaster

Which of the following is an example of a density-independent limiting factor?

• temperature

• food supply

• competition

• predation

What is the estimated carrying capacity for this population looking at this graph?

• 1.5 million individuals

• 2 billion individuals

• 1 million individuals

• 0 individuals

What is carrying capacity?

• the limit of land area that a population can live together in

• a type of abiotic factor in the ecosystem

• factors that limit the # of individuals within a population

• the max # of individuals that an ecosystem can support