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Population Ecology Practice 2024

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

2.
When a specific population grows past the ecosystem's carrying capacity, what happens to the population?
a)
Density Independent limiting factors start to occur resulting in the population going farther above carrying capacity.
b)
Density Dependent limiting factors start to occur resulting in the population going back below carrying capacity.
c)
The population will go extinct due to lack of resources
d)
The population grows then finds a new carrying capacity
3.
What is the carrying capacity of the graph?
a)
around 500
b)
more than 500
c)
less than 500
d)
around 600
4.
Excessive amounts of rain caused a flood in the southwest United States that resulted in substantial amounts of deaths in the rabbit population? This situation is an example of a density _____________ limiting factor.
a)
density-independent
b)
density-dependent
c)
density- too high
d)
density- too low
5.

What will happen if all of the frogs in a population die?

a)

The frogs' predators will decrease and the frogs' prey will increase

b)

The frogs' predators will increase and the frogs' prey will decrease

c)

We better all pray because there isn't anymore frogs.

6.

What type of growth model is shown in image A?

a)

Exponential

b)

Logistic

7.

What type of growth model is shown in image B?

a)

Exponential

b)

Logistic

8.

What does the yellow line represent?

a)

exponential growth

b)

logistic growth

c)

carrying capacity

d)

none of the above

9.

Two arctic fox are fighting with a polar bear for a sea lion carcass. One fox distracts the bear while the other eats. What type of limiting factor is the polar bear?

a)

Predator-Prey Relationships

b)

Competition

c)

Herbivory Effect

d)

Weather

10.

A group of elephants gets stuck in mud at the edge of the river from a recent mud slide. A lion waits for an elephant to get tired before it attacks. What is the limiting factor to the elephant population?

a)

Predator-Prey Relationships

b)

Natural Disaster

c)

Herbivory Effect

d)

Competition

11.
Which of the following would INCREASE the carrying capacity of an ecosystem?
a)
increase in predators
b)
disease
c)
increase in available food
d)
drought
12.

Which of these is a biotic factor in a river ecosystem?

a)

the types of microorganisms that live in the river water

b)

the amount of soil and other particles carried by the river

c)

the speed at which the river water flows toward the ocean

d)

the amount of rain that flows off the land and into the river

13.
The arrows in a food chain or web represents what?
a)

They point to the organism that is being eaten.

b)

It shows how sunlight flows within an ecosystem.

c)

They show what direction the energy is flowing between organisms. 

d)

They represent how water is transferred within a habitat.

14.

The populations of which organisms will most likely increase as a result of a disease that suddenly reduced the population of Texas horned lizards?

a)

Grasses and ants

b)

Ants and grasshoppers

c)

Grasshoppers and Texas Cottonmouths

d)

Texas cottonmouths and red shouldered hawks

15.

What has happened to the birth rate compared to the death rate of this population?

a)

the death rate is greater than the birth rate

b)

the death rate and birth rate are equal

c)

the birth rate is greater than the death rate

d)

the birth rate is increasing

16.

What is happening to the birth rate vs death rate for the population at letter A?

a)

birth rate is more than the death rate

b)

death rate is greater than the birth rate

c)

the birth rate and death rate are equivalent

d)

population is extinct

17.

The graph to the right shows the interaction of the wolf and moose populations on Isle Pekie. If the moose population continues to increase, the wolves' food supply will increase. What type of relationship is represented by this graph?

a)

parasitism

b)

predator-prey

c)

commensalism

d)

mutualism

18.

Which of the following best describes a reason for an increase in predator populations?

a)

an increase in prey populations

b)

an increase in vegetation to eat

c)

a decrease in prey populations

d)

excessive rainfall in a given month

19.

The graph to the right shows the interaction of the wolf and moose populations on Isle Pekie. If the moose population continues to increase, the wolves' food supply will increase. What will most likely happen to the wolf population as a result?

a)

It will decrease.

b)

It will increase.

c)

It will remain the same.