Ecology C Quiz

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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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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Limiting factors are sometimes helpful because they can keep the population from getting to large.

• True
• False

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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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_{A supply of materials in a habitat are called}

• Resources

• Biomes

• Organisms

• Groceries

What does this picture represent?

• Tertiary Succession

• Primary Resistance

• Secondary Resistance

• Primary Succession

Which of the following is an example of competition?

• Two vultures fight over a dead rabbit
• A bear eats a fish
• Birds migrate south
• Pet dog keeps a man company

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The carrying capacity for deer in a forest is 500 deer. If the population of deer rises above 500, what will have to happen to bring the population back to carrying capacity? There will be:

• Less births, more deaths.

• More births, less deaths.

• a rise in the birth and death rates

What does this picture represent?

• Primary Restriction

• Secondary Restriction

• Secondary Succession

• Primary Succession

What is the approximate carrying capacity of Organisms 1?

• 350

• 250

• 150

• 50