Limiting Factors/Carrying Capacity

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Factors that limit the growth of a population are called?

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Limiting Factors

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What is a limiting factor to the monarch butterflies because it is their only source of food?

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Milkweed

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When all the resources needed are available, the population number...

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Increases

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Carrying capacity is...

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The maximum number of organisms an ecosystem and its resources can support.

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During which day did this population reach carrying capacity?

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Day 23

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When resources are not available a population will _____________ in size.

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Decrease

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Does the amount of water available limit the growth of a population?

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True

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When you read scientific text it is important to take notes or annotate.

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True

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

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Decrease

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Limiting factors can be biotic or abiotic.

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True