AP Biology - Unit 8 Review

Front

What type of growth is shown in the diagram?

Back

exponential growth

Front

Largest number of individuals of a population that the environment can support...

Back

carrying capacity

Front

What is the carrying capacity for this sheep population?

Back

1.6 million

Front

If a disease destroying wheat plants in a field swept through an ecosystem, what would happen to the bird population that feed off of the wheat in the field?

Back

The bird population would decrease

Front

What happens when a population grows past the ecosystem's carrying capacity?

Back

The population starts to die off to return to carrying capacity.

Front

Any thing or organism that regulates the size of a population of another organism is known as __________.

Back

a limiting factor

Front

Why are there seldom more than five trophic levels in a food chain?

Back

Energy is lost from each trophic level.

Front

Which of the following is a primary consumer in this food web? Options: Foxes, Carrots, Mice, Owls

Back

Mice

Front

Which point on the graph represents carrying capacity? Options: A, B, C, D

Back

D

Front

What types of organisms indicate primary succession is taking place?

Back

moss, lichens, and insects