Unit 5 Population Ecology

If the number of births in a population is the same as the number of deaths in a population, what will happen to the growth of the population?

• It will increase.
• It will decrease.
• It will stay the same.
• It will fluctuate.

When organisms move out of the population, this is known as

• emigration
• abandonment
• immigration
• succession

What type of growth model is shown in image B?

• Exponential

• Logistic

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What type of growth model is shown in image A?

• Exponential

• Logistic

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Any thing or organism that regulates the size of a population of another organism is known as __________.

• a limiting measure
• a limiting factor
• factorization
• materialization of precipitation

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Which of the following are density dependent factors?

• competition for resources

• predation

• disease

• natural disasters

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Which of the following are examples of a density independent factors?

• forest fire

• seasonal cycles

• storms

• disease

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It's the number of organisms per unit area.

• community

• population capacity

• population density

• temporary population

The pattern of spacing a population within an area.

• dispersion

• emigration

• migration

• immigration

The maximum number of individuals moving into a population.

• limiting factor

• carrying capacity

• fluctuation

• dispersion