Population Dynamics- Review

Identify the following scenario as a density dependent or density independent limiting factor: Seasonal Changes.

• Density Dependent

• Density Independent

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Identify the following scenarios as density dependent or density independent limiting factors: Competition for food.

• Density dependent

• Density independent

Identify the following scenario as a density dependent or density independent limiting factor: Spread of disease.

• Density dependent

• Density independent

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Identify the following scenarios as density dependent or density independent limiting factors: Natural disasters.

• Density dependent

• Density independent

Identify the following scenario as a density dependent or density independent limiting factor: Excessive amounts of rain caused a flood in the southwest United States that resulted in substantial amounts of deaths in the rabbit population.

• Density dependent

• Density independent

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Identify the following scenario as a density dependent or density independent limiting factor: Since lynx prey on hares, an increase in the hare population causes an increase in the lynx population.

• Density dependent

• Density independent

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Identify the following scenario as a density dependent or density independent limiting factor: The wolf goes extinct, and the deer population has no predator to worry about. They graze the land. Because there is no more food.

• Density dependent

• Density independent

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Identify the following scenarios as density dependent or density independent limiting factors: Some of the deer begin to bite at each other, while others die of starvation.

• Density dependent

• Density independent

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A group of the same species of organism living together in the same place at the same time is a

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Biosphere

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

If a disease destroying barley plants swept through an ecosystem, what would happen to the bird population that eats barley plants?

• The bird population would stay the same

• The bird population would infinitely increase

• The bird population would decrease

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4