Environmental Science B Interactive Review

Which population growth rate model accounts for limiting factors?

• Exponential

• Logistic

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NGSS.HS-LS4-2

affect all populations similarly regardless of population size.​ Examples include: natural disasters, rapid climate changes (drought or floods), and human activity and disturbances ​

• Density-Dependent factors

• Density-Independent factors

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Describes the area in which a certain population lives​

• Population Density

• Carrying Capacity

• Geographic distribution

• Crowdedness

Has permafrost; in the Arctic or Antarctic

• taiga

• savanna

• desert

• tundra

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which biome has tree leaves that change color and drop off as the season changes from fall to winter?

• Tropical Rain Forest

• Deciduous Forest

• Tundra

• Coniferous Forest

One characteristic feature of tundra is that only the surface thaws in the summer and refreezes in the winter, leaving a layer of permanently frozen subsoil.  This characteristic is known as

• glaciation

• permafrost

• crystallization

• soilfrost

Which of the statements is true about the tropical rainforest biome?

• the rain forest soil is very rich.

• there are few animals in the rain forest.

• the rainforest soil is poor in nutrients

• there are few plants in the rainforest.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Has organisms with special adaptations to a hot, dry climate

• desert

• savanna

• tundra

• taiga

The ability to conserve water is an important adaptation in which biome?

• Coniferous Forest

• Deciduous Forest

• Desert

• Tundra

This biome is found around the equator and is home to a large amount of biodiversity.

• Deserts

• Tropical Rain Forests

• Savannas

• Chaparral 

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3