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the maximum number of organisms that an ecosystem can support with its resources

• habitat
• carrying capacity
• niche
• population

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What would the carrying capacity of this graph be

• 530
• 400
• 500
• 480

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A foreign insect is introduced into the Texas. It eats a lot of leaves, and trees start to become leafless. Many different animals feed on the new insect, but even they cannot control its numbers. Eventually, trees begin to die. Why would a rapid increase of the new insect population cause certain species of herbivores to vanish or be fewer in number?

• They would not have enough to eat. 
• They would not have enough space to live.
• They would not have tree bark to eat.

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What happened to the otter population between 1940 and 2000?

• The population increased and then decreased.
•  The population continued to increase.
• The population continued to decrease.
•  The population stayed the same.

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Who could be affected if the number of birds decreased?

• only the birds

• only the grasshoppers and grains

• only the foxes

• all of the organisms shown

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Scientists measured the height of the giraffes in two different populations. Which population has the largest number of tall giraffes?

• The population in Niger has the largest number of tall giraffes.

• The population in Somalia has the largest number of tall giraffes.

• Both populations have the same number of tall giraffes.

• These bar graphs do not show which population has more tall giraffes.

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Based on this graph, what must be true about the US honeybee population?

• There are more births than deaths occurring.

• There are more deaths than births occurring.

• There is an equal number of deaths and births occurring.

• People don't like honeybees.

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Wildlife biologists study _____.

• populations in ecosystems
• only wild animals
• only plants
• farm animals

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Carrying capacity is...

• The maximum number of individuals that can fit into an area

• Ability of an area to accommodate a growing population

• The greatest # of individuals an area can support over time.

• The maximum number of species that can co-exist in an area

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Carrying Capacity is

• the capacity of what one person can carry per day 
• how many animals you have in your daily bag limit at the end of the year
• wildebeest at a watering hole with zebras
• the maximum number of individuals that the environment can support

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