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population ecology

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 54mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
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.
2.
What is the carrying capacity for this sheep population?
a)
1.8 million
b)
1.25 million
c)
1.6 million
d)
1.o million
3.
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
4.
Food, water, sunlight, shelter, and space are resources that are often __________.
a)
limiting factors
b)
wet
c)
messy
d)
found in rocks
5.
In a forest ecosystem, which of the following is the best example of a limiting factor for a rabbit population?
a)
Squirrel Population
b)
Sunlight
c)
Grass available
6.
When organisms move out of the population, this is known as
a)
emigration
b)
abandonment
c)
immigration
d)
succession
7.
which statement sounds accurate based on the graph data. 
a)
The zebra and lions do not affect each other
b)
when lions population increases, so does the zebra population
c)
When the zebra population increases, it causes the lion population to also increase
d)
when zebra populations go down, the zebra population goes up. 
8.
Which kind of growth does the human population follow? It is described as a J-shaped curve.
a)
Exponential Growth
b)
Logistic Growth
c)
Outstanding Growth
d)
Minimal Growth
9.
A population is...
a)
A group of one species in one area
b)
Multiple species that live in one area
c)
All of the living and nonliving things in an area
d)
None of these
10.
What point on the graph represents the carrying capacity?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
11.

Which of the following are density dependent factors?

a)

competition for resources

b)

predation

c)

disease

d)

natural disasters

12.

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

a)

forest fire

b)

seasonal cycles

c)

storms

d)

disease

13.
What factor describes when populations increase because animals are moving into a population?
a)
Emigration
b)
Limiting Factors
c)
Immigration
d)
Exponential Growth
14.
What factor describes when populations decrease because animals are moving out of a population?
a)
Emigration
b)
Limiting Factors
c)
Immigration
d)
Exponential Growth
15.
What does the graph represent?
a)
Emigration
b)
Exponential growth
c)
Immigration
d)
Logistic Growth
16.
True or False: Limiting factors can be population dependent and population independent.
a)
True/Cierto
b)
False/Falso
17.
Which limiting factor would increase due to the number of individuals in a population?
a)
Unusual weather
b)
Natural disaster
c)
Births
d)
Disease
18.
Which limiting factor is independent of the number of individuals in a population?
a)
competition
b)
parasitism/disease
c)
stress
d)
natural disasters
19.
What is the carrying capacity of the following graph?
a)
1000
b)
8000
c)
800
d)
600
20.
Living factors in an ecosystem
a)
abiotic factors
b)
species
c)
trophic level
d)
biotic factors
21.
A group of organisms of the same species living in the same place at the same time is called a(n) _________.
a)
ecosystem
b)
population
c)
community
d)
organism
22.
Any factor that limits population growth
a)
Limiting Factor
b)
Immigration
c)
Succession
d)
Abiotic Factor
23.
Minimal parental involvement and lots of offspring
a)
R selection
b)
K selection
24.
This population is...
a)
Increasing rapidly
b)
Decreasing
c)
Increasing slowly
d)
In a first-world country
25.

The largest number of individuals that an environment can support long term is...

a)

carrying capacity

b)

emigration

c)

immigration

d)

population density

26.

What is the abbreviation for carrying capacity?

a)

r

b)

C

c)

K

d)

a

27.
Logistic population growth leads to this kind of graph
a)
S curve
b)
J curve
c)
M curve
d)
W curve
28.
Exponential population growth leads to this kind of graph
a)
S curve
b)
J curve
c)
M curve
d)
W curve
29.

Intrinsic growth rate is also known as

a)

logistic growth

b)

population expansionism

c)

K-selected species

d)

biotic potential

30.

A mouse with a short life span, produces more offspring than can survive, and gives little or no parental care is a

a)

R-selected species

b)

K-selected species

31.

In Stage 1, the birth rate is...

a)

High

b)

Falling

c)

Low

32.

In Stage 1, the death rate is...

a)

High

b)

Falling

c)

Low

33.

In Stage 1, the Population Pyramid looks like...

a)
b)
c)
34.

In Stage 3, the Birth Rate is...

a)

High

b)

Dropping quickly

c)

Low

d)

Increasing

35.

In Stage 4, the Total Population is...

a)

Growing Quickly

b)

Leveling Out

c)

Decreasing Quickly

d)

Zero

36.

In Stage 4, the Population Pyramid looks like...

a)
b)
c)

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