Population Ecology

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The movement of a single caribou into a herd is an example of: population, immigration, emigration, predation

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immigration

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The way in which individuals of a population are spread out is called

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population dispersion

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Which of the following is a density-independent limiting factor? Options: natural disaster, predation, disease, parasitism

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natural disaster

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What pattern of growth will a population with limited resources show?

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logistic

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What type of population growth is shown in the graph? Options: logistic growth, logical growth, exponential growth, density-dependent growth

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exponential growth

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What 2 factors decrease population size?

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Emigration, Deaths

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A population is...

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A group of one species in one area

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Which population is most likely to go extinct? Options: a very small population in an unstable environment, a moderate-sized population of r strategists, a large population with lots of genetic variability, all would be equally likely to go extinct.

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a very small population in an unstable environment

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What is the carrying capacity of the following graph? Options: 1000, 8000, 800, 600

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1000

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Carrying Capacity

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the maximum number of individuals that the environment can support