Vocabulary Quiz 12

What is the maximum number of organisms an environment can support without running out of resources?

• Population Density

• Carrying Capacity

• Growth

• Limiting Factor

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

What term describes an increase in the number or size of organisms over time?

• Growth

• Competition

• Density-Dependent

• Predation

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Which of the following is a factor that slows or stops the growth of a population?

• Natural Disaster

• Growth

• Limiting Factor

• Predation

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What type of limiting factor affects a population more as it grows larger, such as disease or food shortages?

• Density-Independent

• Density-Dependent

• Carrying Capacity

• Competition

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which factor affects a population regardless of its size, like a wildfire or hurricane?

• Density-Dependent

• Density-Independent

• Population Density

• Competition

What term describes how many organisms live in a certain area?

• Growth

• Population Density

• Natural Disaster

• Predation

When organisms struggle against each other for food, water, or space, what is happening?

• Competition

• Growth

• Predation

• Carrying Capacity

What is a long period of time with little or no rain?

• Natural Disaster

• Drought

• Density-Dependent

• Predation

Which of the following is a sudden and extreme event, such as an earthquake or hurricane, that causes major damage?

• Natural Disaster

• Drought

• Competition

• Growth

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is the relationship called when one animal hunts and eats another animal?

• Carrying Capacity

• Predation

• Limiting Factor

• Density-Independent

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3