Limiting Factors Review

What is an Abiotic Factor?

• A NON-living factor that can affect an ecosystem

• A living factor that can affect an ecosystem

• The carrying capacity of an ecosystem

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What is a Biotic Factor?

• The carrying capacity of an ecosystem

• A NON-living factor that can affect an ecosystem

• A living factor that can affect an ecosystem

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Check all of the boxes that show examples of biotic factors.

• Rain

• Humans hunting

• Predators

• Wildfire

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Check all of the boxes that are examples of abiotic factors.

• Prey

• Rainfall

• A pack of wolves

• A tornado

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What is a limiting factor?

• Factors that always increase a population

• Factors that always decrease a population

• Resources that are unlimited

• Factors/resources that limit how many organisms can live in an area at the same time

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If humans were to release a pack of wolves into the forest, what type of factor would this be?

• Abiotic

• Biotic

What is meant by the carrying capacity of an ecosystem?

• How many organisms die in an ecosystem

• The maximum number of organisms that an ecosystem can support

• The smallest number of organisms that can live in an area

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All living and non living things in an area is called an ecosystem

• True

• False

Can a population go over its carrying capacity?

• Yes

• No

• Maybe

What happens if a population goes over its carrying capacity?

• It will continue to grow

• It will eventually decrease due to a lack of resources

• It will die immediately

• It will get unlimited resources

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