Quiz about Population Ecology Quiz

Question 1

What is the term used to describe the maximum population size an environment can sustain indefinitely without significant environmental degradation?

Accepted Answer

Carrying capacity

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Population threshold

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Maximum load

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Environmental limit

Question 2

Which pattern of population distribution is characterized by individuals being spread out irregularly, often due to resource availability?

Accepted Answer

Random

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Uniform

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Clumped

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Linear

Question 3

What type of growth is represented by a J-shaped curve, indicating rapid and unchecked population increase?

Accepted Answer

Exponential growth

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Logistic growth

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Linear growth

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Declining growth

Question 4

In population ecology, what are abiotic factors?

Accepted Answer

Factors related to non-living components of an ecosystem

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Factors related to living components of an ecosystem

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Factors related to disease spread

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Factors related to genetic diversity

Question 5

What are biotic factors in an ecosystem?

Accepted Answer

Plants and animals

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Chemical properties of the soil

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Temperature and rainfall

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Sunlight and air quality

Question 6

Which type of population growth model includes a phase of slow growth followed by a phase of rapid growth and then stabilization at a carrying capacity?

Accepted Answer

Logistic growth

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Exponential growth

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Linear growth

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Declining growth

Question 7

What is a limiting factor in an ecosystem?

Accepted Answer

A factor that restricts population growth

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A factor that has no impact on population size

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A factor that increases population size

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A factor that promotes genetic diversity

Question 8

Which of the following is an example of a biotic factor?

Accepted Answer

Predation

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Wind

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Soil pH

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Humidity

Question 9

What type of distribution pattern is evenly spaced apart from one another?

Accepted Answer

Uniform

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Clumped

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Random

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Uneven

Question 10

What are the three types of distribution patterns?

Accepted Answer

uniform, clumped, random

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uniform, uneven, random

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uneven, clumped, random

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uniform, clumped, uneven

Question 11

Describes how the organisms are spread out from one another.

Accepted Answer

Distribution

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Denisty

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Volume

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Population pattern

Question 12

What are survivorship curves?

Accepted Answer

curves that describe the number of survivors over time

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curves that tell us what the limiting factors are

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curve that tells us about the carrying capacity

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a curve

Question 13

If the number of births in a population is the same as the number of deaths in a population, what will happen to the growth of the population?

Accepted Answer

It will stay the same.

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It will increase.

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It will decrease.

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It will fluctuate.

Question 14

What happens if a population grows past its carrying capacity?

Accepted Answer

The population starts to die off

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The population keeps growing

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The entire species will go extinct

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The carrying capacity just increases

Question 15

What type of growth is shown on this graph?

Accepted Answer

logistic

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exponential

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average

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density-independent

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