Limiting Factors/Carrying Capacity

During which day did this population reach carrying capacity?

• Day 2

• Day 11

• Day 23

• Day 35

Carrying capacity is...

• The lowest number of organisms in an ecosystem.

• The total number of organisms in an ecosystem.

• The maximum number of organisms an ecosystem and its resources can support.

• The number of living organisms in an ecosystem.

What is the carrying capacity of the beetle population?

• 3

• 5

• 7

• 9

Parasites and diseases will ______________ the size of a population, so the are examples of limiting factors.

• Increase

• Decrease

• Stay the same

What is the primary purpose of annotating a scientific text?

• To create a glossary of terms

• To summarize the text

• To highlight key points and concepts

• To rewrite the text in your own words

Line graphs are used to plot _____________.

• Changes over time.

• Comparing two groups or variables.

• Comparing increases or decreases in population size.

____________ is a limiting factor to the monarch butterflies because it is their only source of food.

• Water

• Milkweed

• Sunflowers

• Sacred Fir Trees

When you read scientific text it is important to take notes or annotate.

• True

• False

• Unsure

Which of the following is an example of an abiotic limiting factor?

• Competition

• Parasitism

• Temperature

• Predation

What happens to the rabbit population on year 4?

• It begins to decrease

• It stays the same

• It increases

• It reaches carrying capacity