Amplify Populations and Resources Vocabulary

What is a population?

• a group of the same type of organism living in the same area

• a group of similar organisms in an ecosystem

• a group of people attending a movie

• a group of different types of organisms in the same area

A population that is eaten by organisms from another population is a

• resource population

• resort population

• resident population

• respectful population

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a group of the same type of organism living in the same area

• population

• populist

• popcorn

• pop music

when two or more populations use the same resource, such as the same food source

• competition

• completion

• cooperation

• consumerism

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all the living things that belong to the same group and live in the same area

• population

• ecosystem

• drought

• community

Which of the following is a type of organism that is a resource population?

• grass

• mice

• lions

• krill

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In Australia, both opossums and foxes eat rats. The sizes of the populations have been stable for the last 12 years, but recently the size of the opossum population increased. What will likely happen to the fox population?

• increase because there will be more rats to make energy.

• decrease because the opossum population is taking more energy storage molecules from the rats.

• stay the same because there are still energy storage molecules available.

• decrease because the opossum population is using the fox population for energy storage molecules.

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

• Carrying capacity

• Biotic potential

• Population density

• Ecological footprint

Which of the following is a renewable resource?

• Coal

• Natural gas

• Solar energy

• Uranium

What is the term for the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem?

• Biodiversity

• Ecosystem

• Habitat

• Population

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