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When a population is increasing.... (SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)
Birth rate > Death rate
Birth rate < Death rate
Immigration > Emigration
Immigration < Emigration
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What kind of growth is this?
Logistic
Exponential
Carrying Capacity
Secondary
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Estimate the carrying capacity.
100 deer
80 deer
60 deer
40 deer
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SELECT ALL of the density-dependent limiting factors.
Predation
Disease
Parasites
Competition
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SELECT ALL of the density-independent limiting factors.
Unusual Weather
Natural Disasters
Human Activity
Water Availability
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Which type of symbiosis involves both species benefitting? +/+
Mutualism
Commensalism
Parasitism
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Which type of symbiosis involves one species benefitting while the other is harmed? +/-
Mutualism
Commensalism
Parasitism
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Which type of symbiosis involves one species benefitting while the other is unaffected? +/0
Mutualism
Commensalism
Parasitism
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Which type of ecological succession begins on bare rock (no soil)?
Primary
Secondary
Both
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Which type of succession would occur here?
Primary
Secondary
Both
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Lichen is a pioneer species in which type of succession?
Primary
Secondary
Both
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Which of the following disturbances would result in primary succession? (SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)
Volcanic eruption
Abandoned farmland
Flood
Glacier melting or receding
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Which of the following is NOT a threat to biodiversity?
Overhunting
Invasive species
Water purification
Biomagnification
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What is shown by the image?
Habitat Fragmentation
Primary Succession
Biomagnification
Conservation
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Why are lichen so significant to succession?
They modify the ecosystem
They grow on rocks
They don't live long
They don't have seeds
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The first species to populate an area after a disturbance is called:
A pioneer species
A pilgrim species
A founder species
A primary species
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All of the different species of living things in a given area is called:
Population
Community
Ecosystem
biome
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Which type of growth occurs with unlimited resources?
Logistic
Exponential
Both
None
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Form of pollution in which high-level consumers accumulate large concentrations of harmful substances is called:
Biomagnification
Invasive Species
Extinction
Habitat Fragmentation
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A non-native species that is harming the ecosystem into which it was introduced is called:
Biomagnification
Invasive Species
Extinction
Habitat Fragmentation