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- 1. Multiple Choice
What type of growth is shown in the diagram?exponential growthlogistic growthpredator-prey cycleboom-bust curve - 2. Multiple ChoiceLargest number of individuals of a population that the environment can support...carrying capacitypopulation crashlag phasemutualism
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat do you call a period of rapid growth?exponential growthlogistic growthemigrationpredator-prey cycle
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhich type of growth is best illustrated by this rabbit population?exponentiallogisticS-shapedpredator-prey
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the carrying capacity for this sheep population?1.8 million1.25 million1.6 million1.o million
- 6. Multiple ChoiceType of growth that occurs when disease and parasites are present...exponentialJ-shapedpredator-preylogistic
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the carrying capacity of this population?100200300400
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhy has the population been able to grow so quickly in such a short period of time?Doctors have developed easier and safer ways to have babiesPeople needed more help to work their farms so they had more childrenBecause people stayed in one place and only moved when crowded outBecause of medical care, clean water and better access to nutritious food
- 9. Multiple ChoiceIf 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 ?The bird population would stay the sameThe bird population would infinitely increaseThe bird population would decrease
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhat point on the graph represents the carrying capacity?ABCD
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWill competition increase/decrease the carrying capacity of an ecosystem for the animal in competition?DecreaseIncrease
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhen a population grows past the ecosystem's carrying capacity, what happens to the population?Continues to growThe population starts to die off to return to carrying capcityThe population will go extinct due to lack of resourcesThe population grows then finds a new carrying capacity
- 13. Multiple ChoiceThe largest number of individuals in a species that an environment can support long termcarrying capacityemigrationimmigrationpopulation density
- 14. Multiple ChoiceIf the carrying capacity of a predator decreases, what will happen to the carrying capacity of the prey?Will IncreaseWill DecreaseWill stay the sameWill fluctuate
- 15. Multiple ChoiceLimiting factors are sometimes helpful because they can keep the population from getting to large.TrueFalse
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhich limiting factor would increase due to the number of individuals in a population?Unusual weatherNatural disasterDisease
- 17. Multiple ChoiceThe graph of logistic growth can be described as...S-shapedJ-shapedU-shaped
- 18. Multiple ChoiceIf the number of births in a population is the same as the number of deaths in a population, what will happen to the growth of the population?It will increase.It will decrease.It will stay the same.It will fluctuate.
- 19. Multiple ChoiceIf the number of births is greater than the number of deaths in a population, what will happen to the growth of the population?It will increase.It will decrease.It will stay the same.It will fluctuate.
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhat growth pattern describes a population whose growth rate slows or stops following a period of exponential growth?logistic growthpopulation growthexponential growthpredator-prey cycle
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of growth is shown in the diagram?exponential growthlogistic growthpredator-prey cycleboom-bust curve
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the approximate carrying capacity of Paramecium aurelia cultured alone?150400450500
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