WorksheetsPopulation Ecology Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
Match the following
movement of individuals out of an area
emigration
movement of individuals into an area
immigration
largest number of individuals in a population that the environment can support
carrying capacity
The type of growth often seen with invasive species, when resources are unlimited and there are no native predators to control the population.
Exponential
Logistic
Linear
Cyclical
The area where a population lives.
Geographic range
Population density
Population distribution
Species evenness
The maximum number of individuals in a population that can be supported by a given ecosystem.
Limiting factor
Geographic range
Population density
Carrying capacity
Mark each limiting factor as density dependent (DD) or density independent (DI): Competition.
DD
DI
Both
Neither
Is the population in this age structure graph increasing or decreasing?
Increasing
Decreasing
Stable
Fluctuating
Is the population in this age structure graph increasing or decreasing?
Increasing
Decreasing
Stable
Fluctuating
Choose the ecosystem option with the greatest species evenness.
50 white-tailed deer, 10 wolves, 200 rabbits
10 red foxes, 10 gray foxes
2 lions, 500 gazelles, 25 ostriches, 40 zebras
2 sharks, 10 tuna fish
The number of individuals per unit area.
Geographic range
Population density
Population distribution
Species evenness
The most common type of population distribution, due to the principle of safety in numbers and the need to access resources.
clumped
random
uniform
Mark each limiting factor as density dependent (DD) or density independent (DI): Flood.
DD
DI
Both
Neither
Choose the ecosystem option with the greatest species richness.
50 white-tailed deer, 10 wolves, 200 rabbits
10 red foxes, 10 gray foxes
2 lions, 500 gazelles, 25 ostriches, 40 zebras
2 sharks, 10 tuna fish
Which of the following is a density-dependent factor that affects population size?
A) Natural disasters
B) Disease
C) Temperature
D) Sunlight
In a population of rabbits, if the birth rate is higher than the death rate, what will likely happen to the population size?
A) It will decrease
B) It will remain stable
C) It will increase
D) It will fluctuate randomly
What is the term for the maximum population size that an environment can sustain indefinitely?
A) Biotic potential
B) Carrying capacity
C) Population density
D) Limiting factor
