Population Ecology

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When there is a drought and there is limited water, the water would

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be a limiting factor

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A disease wipes out most of the rabbit population in a forest. What type of limiting factor would this be?

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density dependent

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The highest population an environment can support is called

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carrying capacity

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Emigration is

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the movement out of an area

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What are survivorship curves?

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curves that describe the number of survivors over time

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Why don't populations grow indefinitely?

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limiting factors

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What is an example of a density-independent (Abiotic) limiting factor?

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pollution

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What is the arrow pointing at?
Options: carrying capacity , biotic potential , density-independent, density dependent

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carrying capacity

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Parasites, disease, predators are examples of what type of limiting factors?

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Density dependent

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Carrying capacity

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The number of individuals an area can carry