Ecosystem Dynamics

When a population is increasing.... (SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)

• Birth rate > Death rate

• Birth rate < Death rate

• Immigration > Emigration

• Immigration < Emigration

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What kind of growth is this?

• Logistic

• Exponential

• Carrying Capacity

• Secondary

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NGSS.HS-LS2-1

Estimate the carrying capacity.

• 100 deer

• 80 deer

• 60 deer

• 40 deer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

SELECT ALL of the density-dependent limiting factors.

• Predation

• Disease

• Parasites

• Competition

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

SELECT ALL of the density-independent limiting factors.

• Unusual Weather

• Natural Disasters

• Human Activity

• Water Availability

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Which type of symbiosis involves both species benefitting? +/+

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

Which type of symbiosis involves one species benefitting while the other is harmed? +/-

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

Which type of symbiosis involves one species benefitting while the other is unaffected? +/0

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

Which type of ecological succession begins on bare rock (no soil)?

• Primary

• Secondary

• Both

Which type of succession would occur here?

• Primary

• Secondary

• Both