7th grade populations and ecosystems

What is the carrying capacity of the graph?

• around 500

• more than 500

• less than 500

• around 600

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What is the carrying capacity of the following graph?

• 1000

• 8000

• 800

• 600

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Excessive amounts of rain caused a flood in the southwestern United States that resulted in a substantial number of deaths in the rabbit population. This situation is an example of an _____________ limiting factor.

• Abiotic

• Biotic

• density- too high

• density- too low

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What is the carrying capacity for this sheep population?

• 1.8 million

• 1.25 million

• 1.6 million

• 1.0 million

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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

• limiting factors

• humid

• disordered

• found in rocks

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Which of the following would increase the carrying capacity of an ecosystem?

• increase in predators

• disease

• increase in available food

• drought

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Temperature

• Biotic (living)

• Abiotic (non-living)

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Tree

• Biotic (living)

• Abiotic (non-living)

The largest amount that an environment can support

• limiting factor

• carrying capacity

• ecosystem

• population

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

If the amount of food resources increases, the population of an animal

• would increase

• would decrease

• would remain the same

• would become extinct

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4