WorksheetsLimiting Factors & Carrying Capacity
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 9mins
What do limiting factors do?
Separate biotic factors from abiotic factors.
Determine which is the predator and which is the prey.
Regulate how many organisms live in an ecosystem.
Determine which natural disasters will hit an area.
What type of population growth curve is shown in this graph?
Exponential
Logistic
Boom and Bust
Predator-Prey
What type of population growth curve is shown in this graph?
Exponential
Logistic
Boom and Bust
Predator-Prey
In the graph to the right, what is the population of deer at the carrying capacity of the environment?
3
7
70
40
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 _______ ______ limiting factor.
A lion and a cheetah attempt to occupy the same niche. The more aggressive lion survives; the cheetah does not. What type of limiting factor is this?
Density-Dependent: Competition
Density-Independent: Competition
Density-Dependent: Predator-Prey
Density-Independent: Predator-Prey
The amount of water available limit the growth of a population?
True
False
Unsure
What is an example of a density dependent limiting factor?
How confident do you feel about limiting factors and carrying capacity?
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