Limiting Factors and Carrying Capacity

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

• increase

• decrease

• stay the same

• go extinct

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If a disease destroying oak trees swept through an ecosystem, what would happen to the acorn-eating squirrel population?

• Nothing, the squirrel population would stay the same

• The squirrel population would increase

• The squirrel population would decrease

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The largest population an ecosystem can support is the

(a)  

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All living things need ____________ to survive

• water

• food

• space

• all of these

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Which of the following is not a limiting factor for rabbits

• sunlight

• water

• grass

• foxes

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True or False:

When a population continues to grow past its carrying capacity the population will go extinct.

• True

• False

True or False:

Diseases spread more quickly when populations are small.

• True

• False

True or False:

Weather conditions are NOT considered a limiting factor.

• True

• False

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True or False:

A mouse is eaten by an eagle; the mouse is the prey.

• True

• False

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True or False:

Organisms need enough space to live, obtain resources, and reproduce.

• True

• False

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