Period 7 Review

What is a biotic factor?

• Non-living chemical and physical parts of the environment

• Living components that affect the population

• Climate conditions

• Soil composition

Answer explanation

A biotic factor refers to living components, such as plants, animals, and microorganisms, that influence the population and ecosystem dynamics. This distinguishes it from abiotic factors, which are non-living elements.

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What are abiotic factors?

• Living components that affect the population

• Non-living chemical and physical parts of the environment

• Plants, Bacteria, Fungi

• Mammals, Reptiles, Fish

Answer explanation

Abiotic factors refer to the non-living chemical and physical parts of the environment, such as temperature, water, and minerals, which influence ecosystems and living organisms. This distinguishes them from biotic factors, which are living components.

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A part of the environment that prevents a population from growing to large is a/n______________

• abiotic factor
• biotic factor
• limiting factor

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Limiting factors can be biotic or abiotic factors 

• true
• false

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The _________________ is maximum number of individuals of one species that the environment can support. 

• emigration
• limiting factor
• carrying capacity
• immigration

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What is the carrying capacity of the following graph?

• 1000
• 8000
• 800
• 600

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What type of growth is shown in the graph?

• exponential

• logistics

• a good kind

• linear

Which of the following represents a population starting logistical growth?

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

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Which of the following would INCREASE the carrying capacity of an ecosystem?

• increase in predators
• disease
• increase in available food
• drought

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What happens if a population grows past its carrying capacity?

• The population keeps growing

• The population starts to die off

• The entire species will go extinct

• The carrying capacity just increases

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