Topic 5 Biology Review

The death rate becoming higher than the __ __describes a population that is decreasing in size. 

• birth rate

• aging rate

Decreased birthrate and __ are two ways a population can decrease in size. 

• immigration

• emigration

The pattern of spacing between individuals across the range of a population is it's __. 

• emigration

• age structure

• immigration

• distribution

There are 150 plants per square km in a 10-square km area of desert. This information refers to population __. 

• spread

• density

• change

• age structure

There are 10 males & 15 females under the age of two. This information refers to a population's __ __. 

• age structure

• ratio

• density

• immigration

__ is the movement of organisms into a range.

• emigration

• immigration

As resources in a population become less available, the population reaches __ __. 

• for more resources

• extinction

• carrying capacity

• starvation

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A "J-shaped" curve is representative of __ growth. 

• exponential

• logistic

• logarithmic

• slow

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NGSS.HS-LS4-2

Reduced __ would NOT contribute to exponential growth. 

• death rate

• emigration

• resources

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The various growth phases through which most populations go through are represented

on a __ growth curve. 

• logistic

• exponential