Carrying Capacity and Limiting Factors

1.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is the carrying capacity of the graph?

around 500

more than 500

less than 500

around 600

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is the carrying capacity of the following graph?

1000

8000

800

600

3.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Excessive amounts of rain caused a flood in the southwest United States that resulted in substantial amounts of deaths in the rabbit population? This situation is an example of a _____________ limiting factor.

Abiotic

biotic

density- too high

density- too low

4.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What will happen if all of the frogs in a population die?

The frogs' predators will decrease and the frogs' prey will increase

The frogs' predators will increase and the frogs' prey will decrease

We better all pray because there isn't anymore frogs.

5.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is the carrying capacity for this sheep population?

1.8 million

1.25 million

1.6 million

1.o million

6.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Food, water, sunlight, shelter, and space are resources that are __________.

limiting factors

wet

messy

found in rocks

7.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Two arctic fox are fighting with a polar bear for a sea lion carcass. One fox distracts the bear while the other eats. What type of limiting factor is the polar bear?

Predator-Prey Relationships

Competition

Herbivory Effect

Weather

8.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which of the following would INCREASE the carrying capacity of an ecosystem?

increase in predators

disease

increase in available food

drought

9.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Parasites and diseases will ______________ the size of a population, so the are examples of limiting factors.

Increase

Decrease

Stay the same

10.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Temperature

Biotic (living)

Abiotic (non-Living)

11.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Tree

Biotic (living)

Abiotic (non-living)

12.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is the difference between the biotic and abiotic factors?

Biotic factors are living things and abiotic factors are nonliving things.

Biotic factors are nonliving things and abiotic factors are living things.

13.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

In many desert ecosystems, days are hot and nights are cold. Water is scarce, so animals seek water wherever possible. The spines of a cactus are actually leaves adapted to conserve water. The cactus plants have also adapted to live in thin, sandy soil. Which of the following is a biotic component of a desert ecosystem?

the thin, sandy soil

the wide temperature range

the scarcity of water

the spiny cactus leaves

14.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which of the following is a biotic factor in an ocean ecosystem?

the salt content of the water

the temperature of the water

the fish in the water

the oxygen in the water

15.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which of these is a biotic factor in a river ecosystem?

the types of microorganisms that live in the river water

the amount of soil and other particles carried by the river

the speed at which the river water flows toward the ocean

the amount of rain that flows off the land and into the river

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