Concept 3 and 5 Quiz

Which of the following best describes a Type I survivorship curve?

• A. Death early in life, many offspring produced

• B. Constant death rate throughout the life span

• C. Death late in life, heavy parental care

• D. Equal chance of death at any age

What type of population growth is shown in the graph?

• Logistic growth

• Exponential growth

• Density-dependent growth

• Carrying capacity growth

A population of mice occupies a tree stump. For ten years, the population has been stable. Which of the following would likely cause the number of mice to begin to decrease?

• An increase in predators (who eat them)

• A decrease in disease

• A decrease in competition between the mice

• An increase in mating season

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What pattern of growth will a population with limited resources show?

• Exponential

• Logistic

• Density-dependent

• Density-independent

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Conditions in the environment that impact the size of the population are called

• limiting factors

• populations

• habitats

• niches

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Which factor is a density-dependent limiting factor on the population of a species?

• Predation

• Unusual weather

• Natural disasters

• Seasonal variation

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Immigration is the movement of organisms ___ a population, which causes the population size to ___.

• out of; increase

• out of; decrease

• into; increase

• into; decrease

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Emigration is the movement of organisms ___ a population, which causes the population size to ___.

• out of; increase

• out of; decrease

• into; increase

• into; decrease

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Species that produce many offspring with little parental care are typically associated with which type of survivorship curve?

• Type I

• Type II

• Type III

• Type IV

A climax community is reached

• at the beginning of succession.

• in the middle of succession.

• at the end of succession.

• when an ecosystem is destroyed.