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WorksheetsPopulation Ecology Quiz
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 24mins
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Class
Date
1.
Carrying Capacity is
a)
the capacity of what one person can carry per day
b)
how many animals you have in your daily bag limit at the end of the year
c)
wildebeest at a watering hole with zebras
d)
the maximum number of individuals that the environment can support
2.
When a population grows past the ecosystem's carrying capacity, what happens to the population?
a)
Continues to grow
b)
The population starts to die off to return to carrying capcity
c)
The population will go extinct due to lack of resources
d)
The population grows then finds a new carrying capacity
3.
What is the carrying capacity of the following graph?
a)
1000
b)
8000
c)
800
d)
600
4.
What will happen to the population when the death rate is larger than the birth rate?
a)
grow
b)
shrink
c)
stay the same
d)
None of these
5.
What type of growth is represented here?
a)
exponential
b)
logistics
c)
a good kind
d)
linear
6.
How can a population grow?
a)
Emigration and death
b)
Immigration and death
c)
Immigration and birth
d)
Emigration and birth
7.
"Deaths caused by disease" is an example of a ___________________________ population regulator.
a)
density independent
b)
limiting resource
c)
density dependent
d)
mutualistic
8.
An organism that tends to have a low life expectancy and increased birth rate is known as a
a)
k-strategist.
b)
r-strategist.
9.
THESE SPECIES ONLY MAKE A FEW BABIES IN THEIR LIFETIME AND THEY INVEST IN THEM HEAVILY...
a)
K-SELECTED
b)
R-SELECTED
c)
P-SELECTED
d)
Z-SELECTED
10.
If the number of births in a population is the same as the number of deaths in a population, what will happen to the growth of the population?
a)
It will increase.
b)
It will decrease.
c)
It will stay the same.
d)
It will fluctuate.
11.
What growth pattern describes a population whose growth rate slows or stops following a period of exponential growth?
a)
logistic growth
b)
population growth
c)
exponential growth
d)
predator-prey cycle
12.
Type of growth that occurs under ideal conditions?
a)
predator-prey cycle
b)
logistic
c)
exponential
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