Pop Dynamics Classwork questions

Match the following levels of classification to their definitions:

• Organism

• All the different living things

• Population

• All the biotic and abiotic things

• Community

• All the same species

• Ecosystem

• 1 individual

Which of the following will increase the size of a population?

• emigration and births
• immigration and deaths
• immigration and births
• emigration and deaths

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NGSS.HS-LS2-2

Which of the following is a density-dependent limiting factor?

• human activities 
• unusual weather
• competition
• natural disaster

What type of growth is shown on this graph?

• logistic
• exponential
• average
• density-independent

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Which of the following is a density-independent limiting factor?

• natural disaster
• predation
• disease
• parasitism

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The movement of a single caribou into a herd is an example of

• population
• immigration
• emigration
• predation

What pattern of growth will a population with limited resources show?

• density-dependent
• exponential 
• logistic
• logical 

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Diseases may spread more rapidly when an area is crowded, so disease is considered to be a

• type I survivorship curve
• population crasher
• density-dependent limiting factor
• population enhancer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What type of population growth is shown in the graph?  

• logistic growth
• logical growth
• exponential growth
• density-dependent growth

Lichens and mosses that first live in uninhabited areas are examples of

• secondary species
• non-native species
• pioneer species
• climax species

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4