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Pop Dynamics Classwork questions

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Match the following levels of classification to their definitions:

a)

1 individual

1.

Organism

b)

All the same species

2.

Population

c)

All the different living things

3.

Community

d)

All the biotic and abiotic things

4.

Ecosystem

2.
Which of the following will increase the size of a population?
a)
emigration and births
b)
immigration and deaths
c)
immigration and births
d)
emigration and deaths
3.
Which of the following is a density-dependent limiting factor?
a)
human activities 
b)
unusual weather
c)
competition
d)
natural disaster
4.
What type of growth is shown on this graph?
a)
logistic
b)
exponential
c)
average
d)
density-independent
5.
Which of the following is a density-independent limiting factor?
a)
natural disaster
b)
predation
c)
disease
d)
parasitism
6.
The movement of a single caribou into a herd is an example of
a)
population
b)
immigration
c)
emigration
d)
predation
7.
What pattern of growth will a population with limited resources show?
a)
density-dependent
b)
exponential 
c)
logistic
d)
logical 
8.
Diseases may spread more rapidly when an area is crowded, so disease is considered to be a
a)
type I survivorship curve
b)
population crasher
c)
density-dependent limiting factor
d)
population enhancer
9.
What type of population growth is shown in the graph?  
a)
logistic growth
b)
logical growth
c)
exponential growth
d)
density-dependent growth
10.
Lichens and mosses that first live in uninhabited areas are examples of
a)
secondary species
b)
non-native species
c)
pioneer species
d)
climax species
11.
 What is the name for this leveling off shown in the graph?
a)
logistic line
b)
carrying capacity
c)
climax point
d)
mediocre
12.
What 2 factors decrease population size?
a)
Immigration, Births
b)
Emigration, Births
c)
Emigration, Deaths
d)
Immigration, Deaths
13.

What is carrying capacity

a)

The minimum amount of individuals from a species that a habitat can hold

b)

The maximum amount of individuals from a species that a habitat can hold

c)

The amount of resources available at any given time

d)

The amount of resources used by animals

14.

Which two things increase a population size

a)

Birth and emigration

b)

Death and immigration

c)

Birth and Immigration

d)

Death and emigration

15.

What happens when a population overshoots its carrying capacity

a)

Nothing Happens

b)

More animals are born

c)

Each animal gets less resources to make room for more animals

d)

There are not enough resources to go around and some animals will die

16.

A population cannot grow forever because...

a)

That is not the way it works

b)

Populations can grow forever

c)

There are limited resources

d)

There is limited time

17.

What is the carrying capacity of this population?

a)

1000

b)

1500

c)

1700

d)

2000

18.

What kind of population growth curve is this?

a)

Exponential Growth Curve

b)

J shaped Curve

c)

A population that has uncontrolled growth

d)

All of the above

19.

Density Independent Factors are...

a)

Factors that will not impact a population

b)

Factors that will impact a population size regardless of how large or small a population is.

c)

Factors that will impact a population size but only if the population is large

d)

Factors that will impact a population size but only if the population is small

20.

Density Dependent Factors are...

a)

Factors that limit a population size, but do not depend on the size of the population to have an impact.

b)

Factors that limit a population size but it depends on the size of the population.

c)

Factors that help a population grow

d)

Human impacts that keep a population from growing