Population Density Ecology

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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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

These organisms occupy stable environments, are larger in size and have longer life expectancies. They produce, during their life spans, fewer offspring, but place a greater investment in each.

• k-strategist

• r-strategist

• m-strategist

• s-strategist

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

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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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Number of individuals per unit area or volume.

• denisty

• dispersion

• survivorship

• immigration

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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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Individuals gather in patches, influenced by resource availability and behavior.

• clumped dispersion

• random dispersion

• uniform dispersion

• isolated dispersion

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

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

• uniform dispersion

• random dispersion

• clumped dispersion

• isolated dispersion

Position of each individual is independent of other individuals, occurs in the absence of strong attractions or repulsion's.

• random dispersion

• clumped dispersion

• uniform dispersion

• isolated dispersion

The pattern of spacing among individuals within the boundaries of the population.

• dispersion

• density

• immigration

• survivorship

New individuals move into a population.

• immigration

• emigration

• migration

• survivorship