Population Vocabulary Quiz

All of the individuals of a species in an area.

• Population

• Carrying Capacity

• Limiting Factors

• Immigration

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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The maximum size of a population that the environment can carry.

• Population

• Carrying Capacity

• Limiting Factors

• Population Growth Rare

Things that prevent a population from growing exponentially.

• Population

• Carrying Capacity

• Limiting Factors

• Age Structure

Available food and water, predation, and competition

These are examples of

• Density Dependent population changes

• Density Independent population changes

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Severe weather, drought, earthquakes

These are examples of

• Density Dependent population changes

• Density Independent population changs

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NGSS.HS-LS2-2

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How quickly a population grows is called

• Limiting Factor

• Carrying Capacity

• Growth Rate

• Emigration

 The number of deaths in a population over a certain time.

• Death Rate
• Birth Rate

• Emigration

• Zero Population Growth Rate

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NGSS.HS-LS4-5

 A system of connected food chains showing who eats whom in an ecosystem.

• Food Graph

• Food Web

• Dispersion

• Climate Change

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

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A non-native species that spreads and harms local species or environments.

• Invasive Species
• Native Species

• Key Species

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Long-term changes in temperature and weather patterns

• Spatial Distribution

• Climate change

• Climate control

• Population Dynamics

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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