Carrying Capacity of Ecosystem

What happens if a population grows past its carrying capacity?

• The population keeps growing

• The population starts to die off

• The entire species will go extinct

• The carrying capacity just increases

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

• carrying capacity

• emigration

• immigration

• population density

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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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What is the carrying capacity of the graph?

• 1000

• 8000

• 800

• 600

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What is the carrying capacity of this population?

• 100

• 200

• 300

• 400

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Match the following

• number of organisms supported

• Carrying capacity

• Drought or flood

• Density Independent Limiting Factor

• Competition for food

• Density Dependent Limiting Factor

• Exponential growth

• Population grows unchecked

• Logistic growth

• Population levels out

What is the carrying capacity of the graph?

• around 500

• more than 800

• less than 300

• around 700

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Which of the following is a biotic factor that would affect the carrying capacity of a population?

• Soil

• Predator

• Rainfall

• Sunlight

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What are factors that affect carrying capacity?

• Biotic only

• Biotic and abiotic

• Depends on the ecosystem

• Abiotic only

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The largest number of individuals that an area can support is called its _______.

• limiting factor

• abiotic factor

• resource availability

• carrying capacity