Population Grow and Limiting Factors

If the number of births in a population is the same as the number of deaths in a population, what will happen to the growth of the population?

• It will increase.
• It will decrease.
• It will stay the same.
• It will fluctuate.

If the number of births is greater than the number of deaths in a population, what will happen to the growth of the population?

• It will increase.
• It will decrease.
• It will stay the same.
• It will fluctuate.

If the number of births is greater than the number of deaths in a population, what will happen to the growth of the population?

• It will increase.
• It will decrease.
• It will stay the same.
• It will fluctuate.

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

• carrying capacity
• population crash
• lag phase
• mutualism

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

• limiting factors
• wet
• messy
• found in rocks

When organisms move out of the population, this is known as

• emigration
• abandonment
• immigration
• succession

What is happening in a population as it decreases?

• more emigration occurs 
• more immigration occurs
• the birth rate and death rate remain the same

Exponential growth is slow and gradual.

• True
• False

A population may grow if individuals move into its range from elsewhere, a process called ____________.

• immigration

• emigration

• exponential growth

• logistic growth

What type of growth is shown in the diagram?

• exponential growth
• logistic growth 
• predator-prey cycle
• boom-bust curve