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Limiting Factors & Carrying Capacity

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do limiting factors do?

a)

Separate biotic factors from abiotic factors.

b)

Determine which is the predator and which is the prey.

c)

Regulate how many organisms live in an ecosystem.

d)

Determine which natural disasters will hit an area.

2.

What type of population growth curve is shown in this graph?

a)

Exponential

b)

Logistic

c)

Boom and Bust

d)

Predator-Prey

3.

What type of population growth curve is shown in this graph?

a)

Exponential

b)

Logistic

c)

Boom and Bust

d)

Predator-Prey

4.

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

5.
If a disease destroying barley plants in a field swept through an ecosystem, what would happen to the barley eating bird population in the the field ?
a)
The bird population would stay the same
b)
The bird population would infinitely increase
c)
The bird population would decrease
6.

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)
density-independent
b)
density-dependent
c)
density- too high
d)
density- too low
7.

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?

a)

Density-Dependent: Competition

b)

Density-Independent: Competition

c)

Density-Dependent: Predator-Prey

d)

Density-Independent: Predator-Prey

8.

The amount of water available limit the growth of a population?

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Unsure

9.

What is an example of a density dependent limiting factor?

4 lines
10.

How confident do you feel about limiting factors and carrying capacity?

a)

not confident at all

b)

somewhat confident

c)

mostly confident

d)

very confident