Population Environmental Science

Which survivorship curve represents a species where most of the individuals live through their lives and die of old age?

• Type 1

• Type 2

• Type 3

Predator population lags behind prey population because:

• Increase in predators leads to decrease in prey

• Increase in predators leads to increase in prey

• Increase in predators leads to decrease in producers

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A herd of zebras would be considered a

• community

• species

• ecosystem

• population

The maximum population size for a species based on the environmental factors is called

• ecological footprint

• carrying capacity 

• population growth

• environmental capacity

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Refer to a population of 500 that experiences 55 births and 5 deaths during a one year period.
If the population maintains the current growth pattern, a plot of its growth would resemble which of the following?

• exponential growth

• fluctuating growth

• K-selected growth

• logistic growth

________ grow slowly over time, cares for its young over a long period of time and is usually near the carrying capacity of its ecosystem.

• K-strategists

• R-strategists

• Uniform strategists

• environmentalists

These types of organisms which multiply rapidly in numbers 

• R-strategists

• K-strategists

• predators

• mutualists

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

What type of survivorship was shown in 17th century England (dark blue and pink lines)?

• Type I

• Type II

• Type III

What type of survivorship is shown in Great Britain in 1999 (teal and blue lines)?

• Type I

• Type II

• Type III

density-independent limiting factor

• disease

• parasitism

• fire

• competition