Population quiz

Tracks organisms that tend to live long lives (low death rate and high survivorship rate); toward the end of their life expectancies, however, there is a dramatic increase in the death rate.

• Type I

• Type II

• Type III

• Type IV

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NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

Describes organisms with a high death rate (or low survivorship rate) immediately following birth. Examples include bacteria, fishes, and invertebrates.

• Type I

• Type II

• Type III

• Type IV

When there is a high survivorship early in life due to high parental care, then a rapid decrease in survivorship in late life as old age sets in, which type of

survivorship?

• Type I

• Type II

• Type III

According to the diagram, squirrels are which type of survivorship curve?

• Type I

• Type II

• Type III

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NGSS.HS-LS4-4

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

Type III survivorship curves contain mostly which type of selected species?

• K-selected

• R-selected

• both K and R selected

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NGSS.HS-LS4-2

True or false: Type II is a steadily decreasing survivorship throughout life

• True

• False

Type 2 curve shows us

• deaths at the end

• the graph going down

• constant death at all stages

• death at the beginning

Which survivorship curve is characterized by many offspring being born, but fewer of them survive?

• Type I

• Type II

• Type III

• Type IV

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NGSS.HS-LS4-2

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?

• It will increase.
• It will decrease.
• It will stay the same.
• It will fluctuate.

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NGSS.HS-LS2-6

What growth pattern describes a population whose growth rate slows or stops following a period of exponential growth?

• logistic growth
• population growth
• exponential growth
• predator-prey cycle

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NGSS.HS-LS2-6