Key Terms
Graphs!
Short answer
More terms
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Population
All of the organisms of the same species living in the area
100
At what level does the most bacteria grow?
pH 8
100
What is the difference between a population and a community?
A population is made up of only one species. A community is made up of all species in an area.
100
an animal that survives by eating other animals
Predator or Consumer
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Ecosystems
all of the living and nonliving things in a given area.
200
Type of graph
What is a line Graph
200
A population of Koalas are confined in a 500-acre area by a high fence. A spring provides water to the Koala population. What will most likely happen to the Koala population over time?
It will increase.
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The study of how organisms interact with their environment
Ecology
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Limiting Factor
Something that limits a populations growth
300
What year did the deer have the highest growth and approximately what was the population?
Year: 1920
Population: 95
300
A male and female come into a new area where there are no other squirrels. Before they can find shelter, they are killed by a wolverine. The existence of a predator is a ____________ factor on the population of rabbits in the area.
Limiting
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The largest number of individuals of one species that an ecosystem can support over time.
Carrying Capacity
400
Biotic potential
The potential growth of a population if it could grow in a perfect condition with no limiting factors.
400
What does the dashed line represent?
Carrying Capacity
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A teacher was studying a population of turtles in a pond over a period of 15 years. She observed that the population increased each year for 3 years, and then remained nearly constant for the rest of the study. The best explanation for this observation is that the population had ____________.
It reached it's carrying capacity
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All the populations living in an ecosystem at the same times.
Community
500
Ecosystem
All living and nonliving things in a given area.
500
The graph shows the growth of a population of rabbits in a specific ecosystem. Which environmental factor could have caused the change indicated at A?
Increase in resources such as food or decrease in predators
500
A black mamba, a species of African snake, eat mice that live in trees. A disease kills off most of the trees in the Africa. Which of these most likely would happen to the carrying capacity of the black mamba on the island?
It would decrease considerably.
500
The parts of Earth and the surrounding atmosphere where there is life
Biosphere