U4 Vocab Quiz

The largest number of individuals of a population that an environment can support is the...

• population distribution

• population density

• limiting factor

• carrying capacity

Which of the following would INCREASE the carrying capacity of an ecosystem?

• increase in predators
• disease
• increase in available food
• drought

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Competition is when...

• animals fight for lands, resources and mates

• animals work together to benefit eachother

• one animals eats another

Animals will compete over..

• land (territory)

• mates

• resources (food/water)

• nothing. They always work together

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Rabbits and sheep both graze on shrubs, grass, and other plants. After an increase in rabbits the sheep and rabbits will be in _______ for the food

• Emigration

• parasitism

• competition

• limiting factor

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A disease is when your body is an a ________ state.

__________ is when individuals move out of an area

• Emigration

• Immigration

• Imagination

• Expectation

___________ is when individuals move into a new population

• Emigration

• Donation

• Immigration

• Capitalization

The population in this graph is experiencing...

• Exponential Growth

• Exponential Decay

• Linear

• None

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The growth pattern in which the individuals in a population

reproduce at a constant rate