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Ecology(Limiting Factors)

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 4hrs 31mins

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Class
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1.

Which statement best explains section X?

a)

competition does not occur between members of different species in the same habitat

b)

energy is used for interbreeding between members of different species

c)

the population has reached the carrying capacity of its environment

d)

a predator recycles the remains of dead organisms

2.

When water used to cool machinery is returned to a river, it raises the river water temperature. This causes a sharp decline in small invertebrate populations. Based on the food web, a likely consequence of this change would be:

a)

an increase in the number of clams.

b)

an increase in the number of water plants.

c)

an increase in the number of crayfish.

d)

an increase in the number of crabs.

3.

A chemical pesticide was put on an area of the ecosystem to the right by a landowner to control the mouse population. There was a decrease in the mouse population due to the use of this pesticide.


Which one of the following would most likely happen first because of this change in the ecosystem?

a)

The amount of grass would decrease

b)

the snake population would increase

c)

The snake's food supply would increase

d)

The rabbit's food supply would increase

4.

The harvest mouse population is

decreasing. A reason for this

decrease might be that ____.

a)

the song sparrow population has increased.

b)

the smelt population has decreased.

c)

the marsh hawk population has increased.

d)

the snail population has decreased.

5.

Food, water, sunlight, air, soil are resources that are often __________.

a)

limiting factors

b)

wet

c)

messy

d)

found in rocks

6.

The number of individuals a habitat can sustain with the resources it has available

a)

Carrying capacity

b)

Limiting factors

c)

Resources

d)

Population

7.

Nonliving parts of an ecosystem

a)

Biotic

b)

Abiotic

c)

Prebiotic

d)

Nonbiotic

8.

The living parts of an ecosystem

a)

Biotic

b)

Abiotic

c)

Antibiotic

d)

Probiotic

9.

All members of one species in a certain area.

a)

Population

b)

Limiting Factors

c)

Immigration

d)

Birth Rate

10.

If there is more food than usual in an ecosystem, then...

a)

Populations will stay the same

b)

Populations will decrease

c)

Populations will increase

11.

If a disease destroying barley plants in a field swept through an ecosystem, what would happen to the barley eating bird population in the the field ?

a)

The bird population would stay the same

b)

The bird population would infinitely increase

c)

The bird population would decrease

12.

What would happen if the population of hawks suddenly increased? How would it affect the other organisms in the ecosystem?

a)

The snakes would decrease due to more hawks eating them

b)

All of the population of organisms would increase

c)

The biotic factors in the ecosystem would increase

d)

The hawks predators would decrease

13.

Temperature, light, air, water, and soil are all _____ parts of the environment

a)

alive

b)

biotic

c)

abiotic

d)

living

14.

What will happen if all of the frogs in a population die?

a)

The frogs' predators will decrease and the frogs' prey will increase

b)

The frogs' predators will increase and the frogs' prey will decrease

c)

The frogs' predators will increase and they frogs' prey in increase.

d)

We better all pray because there isn't anymore frogs.

15.

What happens when an environment reaches its carrying capacity?

a)

Populations will decrease

b)

Resources such as food, water, and space will be unlimited

c)

Populations will increase

d)

Nothing, everything will stay the same.