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Carrying Capacity/Limiting Factors

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The largest number of individuals that an environment can support long term is...

a)

carrying capacity

b)

emigration

c)

immigration

d)

population density

2.

What happens if a population grows past its carrying capacity?

a)

The population keeps growing

b)

The population starts to die off

c)

The entire species will go extinct

d)

The carrying capacity just increases

3.

This may cause a population to increase

a)

increase of food supply

b)

removal of predators

c)

removal of disease

d)

all of these

4.

Something that regulates the size of a population is called...

a)

a limiting measure

b)

a limiting factor

c)

carrying capacity

d)

biodiversity

5.

What is the carrying capacity of the graph?

a)

1000

b)

8000

c)

800

d)

600

6.
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
7.

What type of growth is this graph representing?

a)

Logistical Growth

b)

Exponential Growth

8.

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

9.

Factors that have an impact on the population, whether the population is large or small, growing or shrinking.

a)

Density Dependent

b)

Density Independent

10.

Factors in the environment that depends on the number of organisms in a population.

a)

Density Dependent

b)

Density Independent

11.

droughts, floods, hurricanes and fires

a)

Density Dependent

b)

Density Independent

12.

the amount of space available

a)

Density Dependent

b)

Density Independent

13.

Leaking pollution into ecosystems

a)

Density Dependent

b)

Density Independent

14.

Illnesses passed from other organisms

a)

Density Dependent

b)

Density Independent

15.

Changes in temperature or climate

a)

Density Dependent

b)

Density Independent