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WorksheetsUnit 8 Ecology Quiz review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
When a population grows past the ecosystem's carrying capacity, what happens to the population?
Continues to grow
The population starts to die off to return to carrying capcity
The population will go extinct due to lack of resources
The population grows then finds a new carrying capacity
What is the symbiotic relationship between two species where one is benefited and the other is not effected?
Mutualism
Parasitism
Commensalism
Describes organisms with a low death rate following birth and a long time before they reach sexual maturity.
Type I
Type II
Type III
Type IV
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
two African lions are fighting over a dead antelope carcass. What type of relationship is this?
commensalism
intraspecific competition
mutualism
interspecific competition
If the amount of food or resources available increases, the carrying capacity for an animal.....
Stays the same
Increases
Decreases
Fluctuates
This is the largest number of individuals of a population that the environment can support...
carrying capacity
population crash
lag phase
mutualism
Describes organisms with a high death rate (or low survivorship rate) immediately following birth. Examples include bacteria, fishes, and invertebrates.
Type I
Type II
Type III
Type IV
Water, sunlight, shelter, and space are resources that are often........
abiotic limiting factors
biotic limiting factors
non-limiting factors
exponetial factors
What is the symbiotic relationship between two species where both are benefited
mutualism
parasitism
commensalism
Identify which of the following is an example of interspecific competition
Two prairie dogs fighting over the same prey
a mosquito biting a horse
A cheetah and a hyena fighting over the same prey
A cattle cow eating bugs off of a cow
Name one of the three types of population dispersion
(a)
