Carrying Capacity

A lion and a cheetah attempt to occupy the same niche. The more aggressive lion survives; the cheetah does not.

• Density-Dependent: Competition

• Density-Independent: Competition

• Density-Dependent: Predator-Prey

• Density-Independent: Predator-Prey

Since lynx prey on hares, an increase in the hare population causes an increase in the lynx population.

• Density-Dependent: Competition

• Density-Independent: Competition

• Density-Dependent: Predator-Prey

• Density-Independent: Predator-Prey

What are the 3 types of dispersion?

• Size, Density, Dispersion

• Groups, Couples, Single

• Near, Far, Wherever you are

• Random, Clumped, Uniform

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

• limiting factors
• wet
• messy
• found in rocks

In the graph to the right, what is the population of deer at the carrying capacity of the environment?

• 3

• 7

• 70

• 40

When a specific population grows past the ecosystem's carrying capacity, what happens to the population?

• Density Independent limiting factors start to occur resulting in the population going farther above carrying capacity.
• Density Dependent limiting factors start to occur resulting in the population going back below carrying capacity.
• The population will go extinct due to lack of resources
• The population grows then finds a new carrying capacity

What is the carrying capacity of the graph?

• around 500
• more than 500
• less than 500
• around 600

What is the carrying capacity of the following graph?

• 1000
• 8000
• 800
• 600

What type of growth model is shown in image A?

• Exponential

• Logistic

What type of growth model is shown in image B?

• Exponential

• Logistic