Introduction to Ecology (Population Ecology)

What type of growth model is shown in image A?

• Exponential

• Logistic

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This graph shows ....

• When one population increases, the other decreases.

• When one population decreases, the other increases.

• When one population increases, the other increases instantly.

• When one population increases, it causes the other to increases shortly after.

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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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What is the carrying capacity for this sheep population?

• 1.8 million
• 1.25 million
• 1.6 million
• 1.o million

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When a population grows past the ecosystem's carrying capacity, what happens to the population?

• Continues to grow
• The population starts to die off to return to carrying capcity
• The population will go extinct due to lack of resources
• The population grows then finds a new carrying capacity

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Mice are living happily in a field at a carrying capacity. The owls that live near that field die of old age. Which graph below shows what would happen to the mice population?

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The maximum number of individuals moving into a population.

• limiting factor

• carrying capacity

• fluctuation

• dispersion

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Check on all the examples for density-dependent factors.

• competition

• lava flow

• number of predators

• fire

• spread of disease

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This graph shows Human population growth. This growth is called

• exponential

• logistic

• random

• crazy

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