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Formative Assessment #1 Populations

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The environmental range within which a specific organism can survive is called range of ___________.

a)

exceptance

b)

predictance

c)

tolerance

d)

reliance

2.

With regards to any organism living in an environment, ideally that organism would want to be at/in the ___________ of its tolerance curve.

a)

lower limit

b)

middle

c)

upper limit

3.

Tolerance range

a)

Range of pain a species can endure

b)

Range of conditions in which a species are able to survive

c)

Range of temperatures that a species can survive

d)

Range of pH that a species can survive

4.

Why don't populations grow indefinitely?

a)

limiting factors

b)

only biotic factors

c)

only abiotic factors

d)

none of the above

5.

What is an example of a density-independent (Abiotic) limiting factor?

a)

food

b)

parasites

c)

disease

d)

pollution

6.

What is the arrow pointing at?

a)

carrying capacity

b)

biotic potential

c)

density-independent

d)

density dependent

7.

parasites, disease, predators, are examples of what type of limiting factors?

a)

density dependent

b)

density independent

c)

survivorship

d)

type 1 curve

8.

What is the carrying capacity mean?

a)

The number of individuals an area can carry

b)

the number of births

c)

The number of deaths an area has

d)

not sure

9.

What type of growth is this graph representing

a)

Logistical Growth

b)

Exponential Growth

10.

What type of growth is this graph representing?

a)

Logistical Growth

b)

Exponential Growth

11.

In the graph to the right, what is the population of deer at the carrying capacity of the environment?

a)

3

b)

7

c)

70

d)

40

12.

When resources are not available a population will _____________ in size.

a)

Increase

b)

Decrease

c)

Stay the same

13.

What happens if a population grows past its carrying capacity?

a)

The population keeps growing

b)

The population starts to die off

c)

The entire species will go extinct

d)

The carrying capacity just increases