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Population Ecology

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Emigration is

a)

the movement out of an area

b)

the movement into an area

c)

movement in and out of an area

d)

migration

2.

Why don't populations grow indefinitely?

a)

limiting factors

b)

only biotic factors

c)

only abiotic factors

d)

none of the above

3.

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

4.

(Im)migration is ...

a)

the movement into an area

b)

The movement out of an area

c)

The migration process

d)

exponential graph

5.

One of the factors that can change the size of population is....

a)

Name of schools

b)

Number of dezs

c)

Jobs

d)

Numbers of births

6.

Why don't populations grow indefinitely?

a)

limiting factors

b)

only biotic factors

c)

only abiotic factors

d)

none of the above

7.

the number of people in a defined area such as a square kilometre

a)

population density

b)

birth rate

c)

death rate

d)

population

8.

Why would an area be sparsely populated?

a)

lack of natural resources

b)

land is covered with ice

c)

land cannot be developed

d)

all of the above

9.

Determine if the following are abiotic or biotic.

Categorize the following

Grass

Flowers

Cheetah

Dog

Elephant

Rain

River

Sun

Rock

Atmosphere

Abiotic
Biotic
10.

Determine if the following are a habitat or a niche.

Categorize the following

Pond

Bees pollinating flowers

Meadow

Wolves eating elk (managing the elk population)

Ocean

Oak tree turning sunlight into organic molecules

Forest

Earthworms decomposing organic matter

Desert

Cats eating rodents near a barn

Habitat
Niche
11.

Arrange the following from largest to smallest.

a)

Individual

b)

Population

c)

Community

d)

Ecosystem

e)

Biosphere

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
12.

Which are biotic factors?

a)

Living

b)

Nonliving

13.

Which are abiotic factors?

a)

living

b)

nonliving

14.

Habitat or niche?


spread seeds

a)

habitat

b)

niche

15.

Habitat or niche?


a nest

a)

habitat

b)

niche

16.
What type of dispersal is pictured below?
a)
Random
b)
Clumped
c)
Uniform/Even
d)
Spatial
17.
What type of dispersal is pictured below?
a)
Random
b)
Clumped
c)
Uniform/Even
d)
Spatial
18.
What type of dispersal is pictured below?
a)
Random
b)
Clumped
c)
Uniform/Even
d)
Spatial
19.
What type of dispersal is pictured below?
a)
Random
b)
Clumped
c)
Uniform/Even
d)
Spatial