Unit 4 Populations Ticket

Front

What is the largest number of individuals of a population that the environment can support?

Back

Carrying capacity.

Front

What happens to the growth of a population if the number of births is the same as the number of deaths?

Back

It will stay the same.

Front

Which of the following is NOT a factor that affects population size: Birth, Death, Immigration, Emigration, or Herbivores?

Back

Herbivores.

Front

What type of growth is best illustrated by a rapidly increasing rabbit population?

Back

Exponential growth.

Front

What do we call plants and animals that are not native to a habitat?

Back

Invasive species.

Front

What is the term for the movement of individuals into a population?

Back

Immigration.

Front

What is the term for the movement of individuals out of a population?

Back

Emigration.

Front

What is the term for a sudden decrease in population size?

Back

Population crash.

Front

What type of growth is characterized by a population that grows quickly at first and then slows down as it reaches carrying capacity?

Back

Logistic growth.

Front

What is mutualism?

Back

A relationship between two species where both benefit.