Environmental Science Populations

Largest number of individuals of a population that the environment can support...  

• carrying capacity

• population crash

• lag phase

• mutualism

In a forest ecosystem, which of the following is the best example of a limiting factor for a rabbit population?

• Squirrel Population

• Sunlight

• Grass available

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Food, water, sunlight, shelter, and space are resources that are often __________.

• limiting factors

• wet

• messy

• found in rocks

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Earth’s human population is

• stable.

• declining.

• increasing exponentially.

• increasing at a constant rate.

• increasing at about 10% per year.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

At present, Earth’s human population is

• stable.

• declining.

• increasing exponentially.

• increasing at a constant rate.

• increasing at about 10% per year.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

number of organisms per unit area/volume

• carrying capacity

• limiting factor

• total population

• population density

Describes the area in which a certain population lives​

• Population Density

• Carrying Capacity

• Geographic distribution

• Crowdedness

A group of the same species of organism living in the same place​

• Hang out

• Pod

• Density

• Population

The Amount by which a Population Size Changes in an Given Time Period​

• Population

• Population Density

• Population Growth

• Rate of change