Population Growth and Carrying Capacity

Largest number of individuals of a population that the environment can support...  

• carrying capacity

• population crash

• lag phase

• mutualism

Food, water, sunlight, shelter, and space are resources that are often __________.

• limiting factors

• wet

• messy

• found in rocks

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

If there is more food than usual in an ecosystem, then the population will mostly likely...

• stay the same

• decrease

• increase

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

In a forest ecosystem, which of the following is the best example of a limiting factor for a rabbit population?

• Squirrel Population

• Sunlight

• Grass available

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

What happened to the wolf population between 1980 and 1982?

• it increased rapidly

• it decreased rapidly

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

If the number of births in a population is the same as the number of deaths in a population, what will happen to the growth of the population?

• It will increase.

• It will decrease.

• It will stay the same.

• It will fluctuate.

which statement sounds accurate based on the graph data. 

• The zebra and lions do not affect each other

• when lions population increases, so does the zebra population

• When the zebra population increases, it causes the lion population to also increase

• when zebra populations go down, the zebra population goes up. 

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which statement best explains section X?

• competition does not occur between members of different species in the same habitat

• energy is used for interbreeding between members of different species

• the population has reached the carrying capacity of its environment

• a predator recycles the remains of dead organisms

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

In logistic growth, where is competition for resources highest

• During the beginning of population growth

• As the population is increasing exponentially

• When the population has reached its carrying capcity

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What growth pattern describes a population whose growth rate slows or stops following a period of exponential growth?

• logistic growth

• population growth

• exponential growth

• predator-prey cycle