AP Bio Population Ecology

Under ideal conditions with unlimited resources, a population will have ________.

• linguistic growth

• experimental growth

• exponential growth

• logistic growth

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Which of the following are abiotic factors that shape ecosystems?

• worms, plants, and temperature

• wind, precipitation, and soil type

• niches, trees, and bacteria

• sunlight, mushrooms, and wind

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The common brushtail possum is a marsupial native to Australia. This possum was introduced to New Zealand where it had no natural predators and had an abundant food supply. Which of these likely occurred a few years after the introduction of this possum to New Zealand?

• The possums became extinct.

• The possums developed shorter life spans.

• The possum population grew to a larger size.

• The possum population evolved into a different species.

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Processes that remove individuals from a population.

• death and emigration

• birth and immigration

Which of the following would INCREASE the carrying capacity of an ecosystem?

• increase in predators

• disease

• increase in available food

• drought

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A group of individuals belonging to the same species living in the same general area at the same time.

• population

• community

• ecosystem

• biosphere

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Study of populations in relation to environment, including environmental influences on density and distribution, age structure, and population size.

• population ecology

• community ecology

• ecosystem ecology

• biosphere ecology

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Individuals are evenly distributed, influenced by interactions between organisms in the population.

• uniform dispersion

• random dispersion

• clumped dispersion

• isolated dispersion

Survivorship curve represented with low death rates during early and middle life, then an increase among older age groups, a good example are humans.

• type I

• type II

• type III

• type IV

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Number of individuals per unit area or volume.

• denisty

• dispersion

• survivorship

• immigration