Limiting Factors

Are limiting factors abiotic or biotic factors?

• Both abiotic and biotic factors

• Biotic factors

• Neither abiotic nor biotic factors

• Abiotic factors

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What would happen to the hedgehog population if more foxes were introduced to the population?

• Increase

• Decrease

• Stay the same

• What are hedgehogs?

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What would happen the organisms in this food web if there was a severe drought?

• Increase

• Decrease

• Stay the same

• What is a drought?

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In the rainforest plants compete for limited ...

• Water

• Space

• Prey

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

• human activities

• unusual weather

• competition

• natural disaster

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

• natural disaster

• predation

• disease

• parasitism

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

• fire

• disease

• lack of food

• space

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 density _____________ limiting factor.

• density-independent

• density-dependent

• density- too high

• density- too low

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

• Sunlight

• Temperature

• Water availability

• All of the above

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In a pond ecosystem, which of the following could be a limiting factor for fish population growth?

• Amount of dissolved oxygen

• Presence of aquatic plants

• Number of predators

• All of the above

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