Limiting Factors in Biology

What happens to the population of a species after it reaches its carrying capacity?

• Increases linearly (in a straight line) over time.

• Decreases to zero in a very short amount of time.

• Increases exponentially (line is curved) over time.

• 
  Remains relatively the same.

If the population of a species is greater than its carrying capacity for a long time, what can that do to available resources in its ecosystem?

• 
  Deplete them completely.

• 
  Nothing, as there is no causal relation.

• Double the amount that was there.

• Triple the amount that was there.

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Fish dying when the pH goes too high are an example of: 

• an abiotic factor limiting an abiotic factor.

• an abiotic factor limiting a biotic factor.

• a biotic factor limiting an abiotic factor.

• a biotic factor limiting a biotic factor.

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Which of the following is an abiotic factor that could possibly decrease a population if it drastically changes?

• Competition

• Predator-prey relationships

• Temperature

• Disease

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____________=A resource that stops or slows the growth of a population

• Abiotic factor

• Biotic factor

• Limiting Factor

• Density Independent Factor

= The maximum number of living organisms an area can support and give basic needs to the environment

• Density Dependent Factor

• Density Independent Factor

• Limiting factor

• Carrying capacity

Affect the size of population growth based on limiting factors such as availability of food, predation, disease, and competition, resources.

• Limiting factor

• Abiotic factor

• Density Dependent Factor

• Density Independent Factor

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Affect the size of population growth based on limiting factors such as; weather, natural disasters, human activities.

• Limiting factor

• Abiotic factor

• Density Dependent Factor

• Density Independent Factor

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______________= Study of life

• Ecology

• Biology

• Predation

• Ecosystems

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Factors that keep the number of organisms from growing too large

• Biotic factors

• Abiotic factors

• Limiting Factors

• Carrying Capacity

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