Biology- Population Ecology

The study of groups of organisms belonging to the same species living together is called. 

• community ecology

• ecosystem ecology

• population ecology

• organism ecology

What caused the spread of West Nile Virus to increase in Dallas, TX in 2012?

• increased mosquito emigration

• decreased mosquito immigration

• An increase in the mosquito birth rate

• A higher death rate in mosquitos

What do you call the amount (#) of individuals living in a particular area 

• population volume

• population density

• population mass

The reason population cannot continue to grow uncontrollably is because of... 

• population ecology

• competition

• limiting factors

• death rate

What is one reason that mosquito population increased uncontrollably in 2012?

• Unseasonably warm weather

• limited amounts of food

• increase of mosquito predators

The maximum amount of organisms a habitat can support with the amount of resources available?

• carrying capacity

• logarithmic growth

• limiting factors

• exponential growth

The bat is a known predator of the mosquito population. This would limit the population of mosquito. Bats would be a considered a ___________________ of the mosquito population. 

• habitat

• limiting factor

• carrying capacity

• death rate

True or False. 

Humans have been exponentially growing since the industrial revolution.

• True

• False