Environmental Science

The following animals are common to which land biome?

(polar bear, walrus, arctic fox, seal, penguin, snowy owl, caribou, arctic hare, musk oxen)

• Tundra

• Taiga

• Temperate Forest

• Coniferous Forest

The following animals are common to which land biome? (white-tailed deer, black bear, turkey, chipmunk, skunk, raccoon, groundhog, and squirrel)

• Grassland

• Tundra

• Deciduous Forest

• Coniferous Forest

The following animals are common to which land biome? (zebra, ostrich, lion, giraffe, bison, elephant, cheetah, hyena, hippo, rhino, prairie dog, and ostrich)

• Desert

• Grassland

• Tundra

• Tropical Rain Forest

One characteristic feature of tundra is that only the surface thaws in the summer and refreezes in the winter, leaving a layer of permanently frozen subsoil.  This characteristic is known as

• glaciation

• permafrost

• crystallization

• soilfrost

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

• carrying capacity

• population crash

• lag phase

• mutualism

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

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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

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