Carrying Capacity
Predator/Prey
Limiting Factors
Other
100
The maximum population size an ecosystem can support over time.
Carrying Capacity
100
The hare, a prey animal, fits on which level of the energy pyramid?
Primary Consumer
100
Which of the following is an example of a limiting factor?
A: Excess Food
B: Introduction of a New Competitor
C: Unlimited Space
B: Introduction of a New Competitor
100
The study of how organisms react with other organisms and their environment.
Ecology
200
If the birth rate exceeds the death rate, what will happen to the population size?
The population will grow!
200
On the graph below, which animal is the predator?
Lynx
200
Anything that causes a population to not grow
Limiting factor
200
A relationship between two organisms where one organism benefits and the other organism is neither helped nor harmed.
Ex. Giraffe providing a squirrel shade from the sun
Commensalism
300
When did the death rate exceed the birth rate on the graph below?
A: Between years 4 and 6
B: Between years 8 and 9
C: Between years 14 and 15
B: Between years 8 and 9
300
Which color on the graph below represents the predator?
Blue
300
What is something humans can do when a population size grows too much?
Issue hunting licenses, introduce a predator, anything that increases a limiting factor.
300
A relationship between two organisms that affect both positively.
ex) bee and a flower
Mutualism
400
The following graph shows the population size of rats in a city. What is the carrying capacity size on the graph below?
1.5 million rats
400
Which color on the graph below represents the prey?
Red
400
For a few years, there was an excess of primary producers due to excess rainfall. What would happen to the population of deer?
The deer population would grow
400
List the levels of ecology in order from smallest to largest.
Individual
Population
Community
Ecosystem
Biosphere
500
The following graph shows the population size of rats in a city. During what 25 year time period was there an excess of resources leading to exponential population growth?
1825-1850
500
Why does the predator population follow the prey population in the graph below?
The predator population follows the prey population because the predator population size depends on the prey population size.
500
Deer are affected by a terrible disease wiping out half of the population. What would likely happen to the population size of the grass, the deer's food source?
The grass population size would grow due to less predation from the deer.
500
Which of the following is the smallest unit of organization?
Biosphere, community, ecosystem, population
Population