Limits to Population Growth

Largest number of individuals of a population that the environment can support...  

• carrying capacity

• population crash

• lag phase

• mutualism

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What is the carrying capacity for this sheep population?

• 8 million

• 25 million

• 6 million

• o million

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Food, water, sunlight, shelter, and space are resources that are often __________.

• limiting factors

• wet

• messy

• found in rocks

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In a forest ecosystem, which of the following is the best example of a limiting factor for a rabbit population?

• Squirrel Population

• Sunlight

• Grass available

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As a population grows, it will most likely stop growing at what size?

• Growth limit

• Exponential limit

• Carrying Capacity

• It won't stop growing

__________ growth shows growth of a population under environmental constraints (carrying capacity-K) that sets a maximum population size 

• logistic

• exponential

• niche

• uniform

What point on the graph represents the carrying capacity?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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grow slowly over time, cares for its young over a long period of time and is usually near the carrying capacity of its ecosystem.

• K-strategists

• R-strategists

• Uniform strategists

• environmentalists

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Which limiting factor is independent of the number of individuals in a population?

• competition

• parasitism/disease

• stress

• natural disasters

What is happening at the 'A' on the graph?

• the population overshoots above the carrying capacity

• the population stops growing

• growth begins to slow down due to limited resources

• growth is speeding up due to an abundance of resources

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