AP Biology Population Growth

Identify the type of population growth shown on the graph.

• logistic growth

• exponential growth

• predator-prey cycle

• boom-bust curve

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The people or animals living in a particular area.

• species

• population

• community

• consumer

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How does population growth affect natural resources?

• The more people on the planet, the less natural resources that are available for each person.

• The less people on the planet, the less natural resources that are available for each person.

• The more people on the planet, the more natural resources that are available for each person.

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Which of the following is a density-independent limiting factor?

• natural disaster

• predation

• disease

• parasitism

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Environmental factors that affect the size of a population, no matter how large that population is.

• Density Independent Limiting Factors

• Density Dependent Limiting Factors

• Carrying Capacity

• Exponential Growth

Environmental factors that affect the size of a population, as the population’s size increases.

• density- dependent factor

• population density

• dispersion

• density-independent factor

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Many fish die due to a change in the winds and the appearance of the El Nino ocean current off the coast of Peru and Chile. This is an example of...

• Density-Dependent factor

• Density-Independent factor

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The largest number of individuals that an environment can support long term is...

• population density

• depopulation

• exponential growth

• carrying capacity

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Identify two factors that affect population growth.

• Number of adults ; Amount of resources

• Number of males ; Number of females

• Number of males ; Amount of air

• Volcanic eruptions ; Solar activity

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If the number of births is greater than 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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