Factors That Affect Pop. Quiz

A ________ is the number of organisms of the same species that live in a certain area

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Population

• Biome

________ is the maximum number of individuals of one species that an environment can support 

• Carrying Capacity

• Limiting Factor

• Abiotic Factor

• Ceiling Limit

Limiting factors are living and nonliving items that _____ a population's size

• Formulate

• Crash

• Decimate

• Restrict

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Non-living parts of the environment are called ________ examples include sunlight temperature, water, and rocks

• Limiting Factors

• Abiotic Factors

• Biotic Factors

• Contributing Factors

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Living factors are called ______ factors 

• Biotic

• Stabalizing

• Limiting

• Corrective

Natural disasters like fires, flood, and droughts can cause populations to _____ or even _____  (pick two)

• Decrease

• Increase

• Stabilize

• Crash

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On average, the population of Elks in Yellowstone National Park was around....

• 1,070

• 7,000

• 17,000,000

• 17,000

The elk are affected by high fluoride and silica levels in the water, what part of their body is impacted by these high levels?  

• Fur

• Teeth

• Hooves

• Antlers

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Which of these are abiotic factors? Choose all that apply

• water

• air

• trees

• sunlight

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Which of these are biotic factors? Choose all that apply

• water

• trees

• predators

• rocks

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