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Limiting Factors and Carrying Capacity

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Limiting factors are sometimes helpful because they can keep the population from getting too large.
a)
True
b)
False
2.
Any thing or organism that regulates the size of a population of another organism is known as __________.
a)
a limiting measure
b)
a limiting factor
c)
factorization
d)
materialization of precipitation
3.
What is the carrying capacity of the graph?
a)
around 500
b)
more than 500
c)
less than 500
d)
around 600
4.

Carrying capacity is...

a)

The maximum number of individuals that can fit into an area

b)

Ability of an area to accommodate a growing population

c)

The greatest # of individuals an area can support over time.

d)

The maximum number of species that can co-exist in an area

5.

Select all the ABIOTIC limiting factors

a)

climate change

b)

seasons

c)

reproductive environements

d)

predataion

6.

Select all the BIOTIC limiting factors

a)

disease

b)

resourses

c)

competition

d)

predataion

7.

Which organism has the

GREATEST reproductive potential?

a)

elephant

b)

atlantic cod

c)

human

d)

dog

8.

What does the overall carrying capacity of an ecosystem depend on?

a)

primary producers

b)

consumers

c)

predators

d)

amount of night time

9.

This may cause a population to increase

a)

increase of food supply

b)

removal of predators

c)

removal of disease

d)

all of these

10.

What are factors that affect carrying capacity?

a)

Biotic only

b)

Biotic and abiotic

c)

Depends on the ecosystem

d)

Abiotic only