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WorksheetsFormative Assessment #1 Populations
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
The environmental range within which a specific organism can survive is called range of ___________.
exceptance
predictance
tolerance
reliance
With regards to any organism living in an environment, ideally that organism would want to be at/in the ___________ of its tolerance curve.
lower limit
middle
upper limit
Tolerance range
Range of pain a species can endure
Range of conditions in which a species are able to survive
Range of temperatures that a species can survive
Range of pH that a species can survive
Why don't populations grow indefinitely?
limiting factors
only biotic factors
only abiotic factors
none of the above
What is an example of a density-independent (Abiotic) limiting factor?
food
parasites
disease
pollution
What is the arrow pointing at?
carrying capacity
biotic potential
density-independent
density dependent
parasites, disease, predators, are examples of what type of limiting factors?
density dependent
density independent
survivorship
type 1 curve
What is the carrying capacity mean?
The number of individuals an area can carry
the number of births
The number of deaths an area has
not sure
What type of growth is this graph representing
Logistical Growth
Exponential Growth
What type of growth is this graph representing?
Logistical Growth
Exponential Growth
In the graph to the right, what is the population of deer at the carrying capacity of the environment?
3
7
70
40
When resources are not available a population will _____________ in size.
Increase
Decrease
Stay the same
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
