Test Review: Carrying Capacity & Limiting Factors

Soil is made of:

• pieces of rock

• air and water

• matter that was once alive

• all of the above

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Soils form in layers, or horizons, that collectively make up the soil profile. Which horizon would contain the greatest humus content?

• W
• X
• Y
• Z

Which layer of soil is on bottom?

• Topsoil
• Sand
• Bedrock

What is HUMUS made from?

• Chick-Peas
• The remains of decayed plants and animals
• Beans
• Cheese

Which word means to rot or decompose?

• Decay
• Fertile
• Growth
• Nutrients

Fertile soil is rich in _________.

• Conservation
• Bedrock
• Water
• Nutrients

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What is the carrying capacity of the graph?

• around 500
• more than 500
• less than 500
• around 600

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When a population grows past the ecosystem's carrying capacity, what happens to the population?

• Continues to grow
• The population starts to die off to return to carrying capcity
• The population will go extinct due to lack of resources
• The population grows then finds a new carrying capacity

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If a disease destroying barley plants in a field swept through an ecosystem, what would happen to the barley eating bird population in the the field ?

• The bird population would stay the same
• The bird population would infinitely increase
• The bird population would decrease

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In a forest ecosystem, which of the following is the best example of a limiting factor for a rabbit population?

• Squirrel Population
• Sunlight
• Grass available

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