T5 Population Distribution Quiz

What was your answer for #1.a.?

In the table under #4, what was the density of habitat 4?

• 7.8 organisms per square kilometer

• 1 organism per square kilometer

• 3 organisms per square kilometer

• 3.8 organisms per square kilometer

• 1.8 organisms per square kilometer

What was your answer for #5.a.?

• habitat 1

• habitat 2

• habitat 3

• habitat 4

• habitat 5

What did you label habitat 4 in Model 1?

What was your answer to #7? Animals such as lions or wolves often show clumped distribution. Give a reason why this would be advantageous for these animals.

Answer explanation

Lions live in groups called prides and wolves live in groups called packs. The groups work together when hunting.

In the table after #9, what did you say the distribution of tigers was?

• random

• clumped

• uniform

In the table after #9, what did you say the reason for tigers was?

What was your answer for #10.c.? Describe how the levels or spread of disease would be affected by population density.

what did you put for #11? What do all the density-independent factors have in common?

What did you put for #13? Density-independent factors and density-dependent factors may be interrelated. For example, a lack of rainfall that causes a drought will impact the food supply in a habitat. Propose another pairing of a density-independent factor and density-dependent factor that might occur.