Limiting Factors/Fossils/Nat Select Review

In biology, what is carrying capacity?

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  How much weight an organism can lift.

• The maximum population size an ecosystem can support.

• A total list of the limiting factors.

• How much pain an organism can tolerate.

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What does the carrying capacity of a population show?

• How many organisms live in the ecosystem

• The maximum number of organisms that an ecosystem can support for a long period of time

• The minimum number of organisms that can live in an area

• The types of organisms living somewhere

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What is a population?

• All the organisms living in an area

• The living and non-living organisms in an area

• A group of the same species living in an area

What is an ecosystem?

• All the organisms living in an area

• A group of the same species living together

• All of the organisms living in an area and the non-living environment around them

Can a population go over its carrying capacity?

• Yes

• No

• Maybe

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What happens if a population goes over its carrying capacity?

• It will continue to grow

• It will eventually decrease due to a lack of resources

• It will die immediately

• It will get unlimited resources

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Choose the 4 limiting factors.

• Food

• Water

• Time

• Space

• Shelter

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If a population of gazelle decrease, the population of cheetahs will...

• Decrease

• Increase

• Stay the same

• Cheetahs don't eat gazelle

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True or False: A natural disaster is an example of a limiting factor.

• True

• False

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What would happen to the hedgehog population if more foxes were introduced to the population?

• Increase

• Decrease

• Stay the same

• What are hedgehogs?

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