Environmental Science

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

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

• Population

• Population Density

• Population Growth

• Rate of change

What happens to a population with a lack of limiting factors (predators, disease, competition, and other factors that decrease population growth).​

• Shrinks

• Immigration

• Indefinite growth

• Emigration

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What growth model has an S-shaped curve?

• Logistic

• Exponential

When a population has unlimited resources, and it continues to grow to its FULL LIVING POTENTIAL, it is called

• Peak

• Top shelf

• Resource controlled limit

• Biotic potential

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Which population growth rate model accounts for limiting factors?

• Exponential

• Logistic

factors that affect a population depending on its size​

• Density-Dependent factor

• Density-Independent factors

affect all populations similarly regardless of population size.​ Examples include: natural disasters, rapid climate changes (drought or floods), and human activity and disturbances ​

• Density-Dependent factors

• Density-Independent factors

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

Which population has the greatest potential for rapid growth?

• Populations with a large number of middle aged individuals

• Older populations

• Populations with large numbers of young offspring

• None of these