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Changes in Population

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which statement BEST describes how limiting factors affect the organisms in an ecosystem?

a)

They destroy resources organisms need to survive.

b)

They provide what an organism needs to survive.

c)

They keep a population from getting too large.

d)

They have no effect on the organisms in an ecosystem.

2.

The amount of deaths that occur within a certain time frame represents the __________.

a)

immigration

b)

birth rate

c)

emigration

d)

death rate

3.

Which of the following is the amount of organisms in a given amount of space?

a)

Carrying capacity

b)

Limiting factor

c)

Emigration

d)

Population density

4.

A disease kills most members of a predator population. What is the MOST LIKELY effect on the prey population?

a)

It will also be killed by the disease.

b)

It will decrease in size.

c)

It will greatly increase in size.

d)

It will not be affected by the change in the predator population.

5.

Which of the following will help a population increase?

a)

limiting factors

b)

pollution

c)

poaching

d)

immigration

6.

If the death rate is greater than the birth rate, the population will _____________.

a)

decrease

b)

increase

c)

stay the same

d)

go extinct

7.

The amount of births that occur within a certain time frame represents the __________.

a)

immigration

b)

birth rate

c)

emigration

d)

death rate

8.

What occurs when organisms leave a population to join another one?

a)

immigration

b)

death

c)

birth rate

d)

emigration

9.

If animals cannot find enough places to build nests, which of the following could be a limiting factor?

a)

food

b)

space

c)

water

d)

disease

10.

If an area has all the wolves that it can support, the wolf population has reached its _____________.

a)

carrying capacity

b)

population density

c)

immigration

d)

death rate

11.

Limiting factors can only be abiotic factors.

a)

True

b)

False