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Populations Ch.5-1 and 5-2

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name

Class

Date

_^The_^number_{^{of individuals a habitat can sustain with the resources it has available}}

Carrying capacity

Limiting factors

Resources

Population

^{_{What is the carrying capacity of the following graph?}}

1000

8000

800

600

_{What is the carrying capacity of the graph?}

around 500

more than 500

less than 500

around 600

What type of population growth does this graph represent?

Minimum growth

Logistic growth

Exponential growth

Carrying capacity growth

A severe frost wipes out the citrus crop in Florida

Density-dependent

Density-independent

A factor that decreases the population or keeps it from increasing

Limiting Factor

Food Surplus

High Birth Rate

Carrying Capacity

__________________ movement of individuals out of an area.

emigration

immigration

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

limiting factors

wet

messy

found in rocks

______________ means moving into a population.

Immigration

Emmigration

Plantation

Repopulation

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?

It will increase.

It will decrease.

It will stay the same.

It will fluctuate.

11.

Many fish die due to a drastic change in water temperature.

Density-Dependent

Density-Independent

12.

Which of the following are examples of a density independent factors?

forest fire

seasonal cycles

storms

disease

13.

Which of the following are density dependent factors?

competition for resources

predation

disease

natural disasters

14.

According to the graph, what is causing the deer population to decrease

They got sick

The wolf population is decreasing

The wolf population increased

They ran out of food

15.

What would human alterations of the environment be considered? Ex. Cutting down the rain forests

Density-independent

Density-dependent

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Populations Ch.5-1 and 5-2

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

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