Limiting Factors

Which of the following would NOT be an example of a density independent factor?

• predation

• tornado

• hurricane

• fire

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An extensive drought in the plains threatens wildebeest, giraffe, zebra, and springbok populations.

• Density-Dependent

• Density-Independent

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Water, sunlight, shelter, and space are resources that are often........

• abiotic limiting factors

• biotic limiting factors

• non-limiting factors

• exponetial factors

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Which is NOT an example of a limiting factor.

• Climate

• Available Food & Water

• Available Space & Shelter

• Species color

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environmental factors that cause a population to stop growing or decrease in size

• carrying capacity

• limiting factor

• ecosystem

• community

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Parasites and diseases will ______________ the size of a population, so the are examples of limiting factors.

• Increase

• Decrease

• Stay the same

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Excessive amounts of rain caused a flood in the southwest United States that resulted in substantial amounts of deaths in the rabbit population? This situation is an example of a _____________ limiting factor.

• Abiotic

• biotic

• density- too high

• density- too low

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Two arctic fox are fighting with a polar bear for a sea lion carcass. One fox distracts the bear while the other eats. What type of limiting factor is the polar bear?

• Predator-Prey Relationships

• Competition

• Herbivory Effect

• Weather

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Which of the following is a limiting factor in an aquatic ecosystem?

• A) Light availability

• B) Fish species diversity

• C) Water color

• D) Temperature uniformity

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In a laboratory experiment, a plant's growth is observed to slow down due to a lack of nitrogen. What is nitrogen considered in this scenario?

• A) Catalyst

• B) Limiting factor

• C) Byproduct

• D) Inhibitor

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