Populations and Succession

What happens if a population grows past its carrying capacity?

• The population keeps growing

• The population starts to die off

• The entire species will go extinct

• The carrying capacity just increases

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

At point B, the population has reached _______ and will begin to ________

• overshoot; dieback

• dieback; carrying capacity

• exponential growth; dieback

• maximum; die-off

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What type of growth is shown on this graph?

• logistic (S-Curve)

• exponential (J-Curve)

• Linear

• density-independent

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NGSS.HS-LS2-1

The way in which individuals of a population are spread out is called

• population density

• survivorship

• population dispersion

• logistic curve

What type of population growth is shown in the graph?  

• logistic growth

• logical growth

• exponential growth

• density-dependent growth

This may cause a population to increase

• increase of food supply

• removal of predators

• removal of disease

• all of these

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

all the members of one species living in one place at one time

• population

• community

• succession

• ecosystem

• biome

gradual change from one community to another community in an area

• population

• community

• succession

• ecosystem

• biome

all the populations living together in the same ecosystem at the same time

• population

• community

• succession

• ecosystem

• biome

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

What does a community typically include?

• individuals of one species only

• populations of one species only

• one individual of each of multiple species

• populations of multiple species

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2