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WorksheetsCarrying Capacity
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
The largest number of individuals that an environment can support long term is...
carrying capacity
emigration
immigration
population density
What are factors that affect carrying capacity?
Biotic only
Biotic and abiotic
Depends on the ecosystem
Abiotic only
What happens if a population grows past its carrying capacity?
The population keeps growing
The population starts to die off
The entire species will go extinct
The carrying capacity just increases
If the carrying capacity of a predator decreases, what will happen to the carrying capacity of the prey?
Will Increase
Will Decrease
Will stay the same
If the carrying capacity of a predator increases, what will happen to the carrying capacity of the prey?
Will Increase
Will Decrease
Will stay the same
The graph to the right shows the interaction of the wolf and moose populations on Isle Pekie. If the moose population continues to increase, the wolves' food supply will increase. What will most likely happen to the wolf population as a result?
It will decrease.
It will increase.
It will remain the same.
A scientist was studying a population of fish in a pond over a period of 10 years. He observed that the population increased each year for 3 years, and then remained nearly constant for the rest of the study. The best explanation for this observation is that the population had
stopped reproducing
reached carrying capacity
mutated into a different species
run out of food and all died
In a forest ecosystem, which of the following is NOT an example of a limiting factor that would greatly affect a rabbit population?
a rainy season
a disease that causes rabbits to die
grass available to eat
the population of hawks that eat rabbits
