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- 1. Multiple Choice
When a specific population grows past the ecosystem's carrying capacity, what happens to the population?
Density Independent limiting factors start to occur resulting in the population going farther above carrying capacity.
Density Dependent limiting factors start to occur resulting in the population going back below carrying capacity.
The population will go extinct due to lack of resources
The population grows then finds a new carrying capacity
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is the carrying capacity of the graph?
around 500
more than 500
less than 500
around 600
- 3. Multiple Choice
Natural disasters can be considered limiting factors.
true: density independent limiting factors
false; natural disasters are not limiting factors
true: density dependent limiting factors
false: because Mrs. Schaffer said
- 4. Multiple Choice
Limiting factors which impact the size of a population no matter how large that population is.
Density Independent Limiting Factors
Density Dependent Limiting Factors
Carrying Capacity
Exponential Growth
- 5. Multiple Choice
An environmental factor such as storms and extreme heat or cold that decrease a population are considered to be.
density- dependent factor
population density
dispersion
density- independent factor
- 6. Multiple Choice
A lion and a cheetah attempt to occupy the same niche. The more aggressive lion survives; the cheetah does not.
Density-Dependent: Competition
Density-Independent: Competition
Density-Dependent: Predator-Prey
Density-Independent: Predator-Prey
- 7. Multiple Choice
Coyotes cross the winter pack ice and enter Newfoundland. The moose population starts to decline.
Density-Dependent: Competition
Density-Independent: Competition
Density-Dependent: Predator-Prey
Density-Independent: Predator-Prey
- 8. Multiple Choice
A severe frost wipes out 50% of the coffee crop in Brazil.
Density-Dependent
Density-Independent
- 9. Multiple Choice
Due to severe overcrowding in an Asian village, many children do not survive to reach adulthood.
Density-Dependent: Disease
Density-Independent: Disease
- 10. Multiple Choice
Since lynx prey on hares, an increase in the hare population causes an increase in the lynx population.
Density-Dependent: Competition
Density-Independent: Competition
Density-Dependent: Predator-Prey
Density-Independent: Predator-Prey
- 11. Multiple Choice
A severe flood in the Red River Valley causes a decline in the deer population.
Density-Dependent
Density-Independent
- 12. Multiple Choice
Due to stress, large numbers of female lemmings miscarry their young and fail to reproduce.
Density-Dependent
Density-Independent
- 13. Multiple Choice
Travelers who visit a crowded African village become infected with a disease caused by parasites.
Density-Dependent
Density-Independent
- 14. Multiple Choice
Many fish die due to a change in the winds and the appearance of the El Nino ocean current off the coast of Peru and Chile.
Density-Dependent
Density-Independent
- 15. Multiple Choice
Fish on a coral reef stake out their territory and chase away any younger fish that try to live there.
Density-Dependent
Density-Independent
- 16. Multiple Choice
An extensive drought in the Serengeti Plain threatens wildebeest, giraffe, zebra, and springbok populations.
Density-Dependent
Density-Independent
- 17. Multiple Choice
All of the following are density-independent factors that limit populations EXCEPT
hurricane
competition
tornado
pollution
deforestation
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which of the graphs below shows exponential growth?
- 19. Multiple Choice
Which of the graphs below shows logistical growth?
- 20. Multiple Choice
Kudzu has overgrown many parts of southern Missouri and native ground plants have disappeared from the area. This is an example of:
Parasitism between kudzu and the native plants
A predator prey relationship between ground plants and kudzu
Competition occurring between the native and invasive species
Commesalism occurring between the kudzo and native plants
- 21. Multiple Choice
What makes a species invasive?
Moving to a new ecosystem and taking resources from natives
Not having papers
Species that can't adapt
Plants that take up too much space
- 22. Multiple Choice
What is a native specie?
A specie that is local and has lived in the same place
A specie who has come from another state or country
A specie that has no "home" and travels for its whole life
None of the above
- 23. Multiple Choice
What's one EFFECT of pythons invading the Everglades?
the number of small mammals, like mice, are decreasing
the number of white-tailed deer is increasing
pythons can grow to be 18 feet long
- 24. Multiple Choice
Invasive species alter the ecosystem by ______ in number quickly. This leads to ______ food for the native species.
increasing, less
increasing, more
decreasing, less
decreasing, more
- 25. Multiple Choice
What is an invasive species?
A native (naturally found) species which are added to an area
A non-native (not naturally found) species added to an area
A keystone species in an environment
none of the above
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