MD 3

When the body temperature is below normal, around 95 degrees Fahrenheit or less, is known as...

• Hyperthermia

• Hypertherma

• Hypotherma

• Hypothermia

The number of individuals that an ecosystem can support is shown by a dashed line on the graph below. What term is used to describe this line?

• population growth

• population distribution

• carrying capacity

• exponential growth

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

When a population grows past the ecosystem's carrying capacity, what happens to the population?

• Continues to grow

• The population starts to die off to return to carrying capcity

• The population will go extinct due to lack of resources

• The population grows then finds a new carrying capacity

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which type of graph describes the tendence of a population to grow WITHOUT limit to its size?

• J-shaped curve

• S-shaped curve

• Z-shaped curve

• straight line

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Drought is an example of what type of factor?

• Density dependent

• Density independent

• Density adjacent

• Density

Disease is an example of which type of factor?

• Density independet

• Density dependent

• Density adjacent

• Density

Which type of graph describes the tendency of a population's growth rate to slow or stop as resources become less available?

• A J-shaped curve

• An S-shaped curve

• A straight line

• An O-shaped curve

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What is the term for the maximum population size that an environment can sustain indefinitely?

• Carrying capacity

• Population limit

• Growth rate

• Density factor

True or False: A population's growth rate is always constant regardless of environmental conditions.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What portion of the graph shows exponential growth?

• Generation 3-5

• Generation 10-12

• Generation 13-15

• Generation 6-7