Population Growth and Carrying Capacity

As a population nears the carrying capacity, resources become limitless. 

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What will happen to the population if death rate is larger than birth rate?

• undefined

• grow

• stays the same

• shrink

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Population growth rate is based mostly on these two factors.

• birth and death rates

• life expectancy

• immigration anf emigration

• carrying capacity

A population growth rate describes how fast a given population grows.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

What is the carrying capacity for this sheep population?

• 8 million

• 25 million

• 6 million

• o million

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What is the carrying capacity of the following graph?

• 1000

• 8000

• 800

• 600

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which point on the graph represents carrying capacity?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

 What is the name for this leveling off shown in the graph?

• logistic line

• carrying capacity

• climax point

• mediocre

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

what is the dashed line?

• carrying capacity

• exponential growth

• limiting factor

• prey

Describe what's happening in this graph.

• A sudden increase over time

• A gradual increase over time, eventually hitting carrying capacity.

• A decrease then increase

• The graph is unstable

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NGSS.HS-LS2-1

NGSS.HS-LS2-6