Human Impacts Study Guide for TEST

A Population's size is determined by the amount of resources. The population can't get grow larger than the resource that is in the shortest supply. This resource that is in short supply is called the (a)  

• Natural Resources
• Population Limiter
• Limiting Factor
• Limiting Resource

The desert receives about as much rainfall as the (a)  

• Tundra
• Tropical Rainforest
• Grassland
• Tiaga

Which biome has the greatest diversity of living things?

• Tundra
• Tiaga
• Tropical Rainforest
• Deciduous Forest

Which of the following terrestrial biomes receives the largest amount of rainfall per year?

• Tundra
• Tiaga
• Tropical Rainforest
• Deciduous Forest

Which of the following terrestrial biomes has hibernating mammals?

• Tundra
• Tiaga
• Tropical Rainforest
• Deciduous Forest

What might an immediate decrease in the density of a deer population tell scientists about the habitat in the area?

• Decline in resources
• Decline in predators

Population density is the:

• Number of individuals (organisms) per unit of area.
• Ratio of one species to the total number of species.
• Total number of populations in an area.
• Rounded number of wombats in a cage

What is a population ?

• Disturbance has removed vegetation but left soil intact.
• The natural birth, growth and development of ecosystem.
• All organisms of a species that live in the same area.
• A community of interacting organisms and their environment.

Identify the producers

• Shrub, grass, tree
• Squirrel, shrew, snake
• Mountain lion, hawk, snake
• Fungi, Grass, Bacteria

Identify the carnivores

• Shrub, grass, tree
• Deer, grasshopper, rabbit
• Mountain lion, hawk, snake
• Fungi, Grass, Bacteria