iSCI 6.9.2 Changing Populations

If the number of births in a population is the same as the number of deaths in a population, what will happen to the growth of the population?

• It will increase.
• It will decrease.
• It will stay the same.
• It will fluctuate.

If the number of births is greater than the number of deaths in a population, what will happen to the growth of the population?

• It will increase.
• It will decrease.
• It will stay the same.
• It will fluctuate.

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-6

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

• carrying capacity
• population crash
• lag phase
• mutualism

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-1

Which type of growth is best illustrated by this rabbit population?

• exponential
• logistic
• S-shaped
• predator-prey

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-1

NGSS.HS-LS2-2

Food, water, sunlight, shelter, and space are resources that are often __________.

• limiting factors
• wet
• messy
• found in rocks

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

If there is more food than usual in an ecosystem, then the population will mostly likely...

• stay the same
• decrease
• increase

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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

• a limiting measure
• a limiting factor
• factorization
• materialization of precipitation

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Will competition increase/decrease the carrying capacity of an ecosystem for the animal in competition?

• Decrease
• Increase

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Natural disasters can be considered limiting factors.

• true
• false

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What causes exponential growth?

• ideal conditions

• natural disasters

• disease

• unlimited food supply

• drought