Types of growth
Carrying Capacity
Types of relationships
Predator-Prey
Random
100

What type of growth it this? What type of growth is this? 

Logistic Growth

100

What type of growth has carrying capacity? 

Logistic growth

100

Lions and Zebras are both found in African savannas. The lions have the zebras as a food source, hunting and eating them for energy. What kind of relationship is this? 

Predator-prey

100

In a forest, there are lynx and hares. What species in the predator? 

Lynx

100

How many cups are in a gallon? 

16

200

What type of growth is this? 

Exponential Growth

200

What do we call the factors that limit a populations growth? 

Limiting factors

200

Wasps help to pollinate fig trees to make fruit when laying eggs inside the fig. In return, the fig provides a breeding place for the wasps. What type of relationship is this? 

Mutualism

200

True or false: In a predator-prey relationship, the two species have population sizes that move in a cycle where the# of predators balances the # of prey

True. 

200

Corn Flakes (made from corn) has more or less genes than humans? 

MORE. Corn contains about 32,000 genes while humans only have around 12,000

300

What two factors increase a population? 

Birth and immigration

300

True or False: Sometimes species can overshoot the carrying capacity and the population will die back until it reaches a more stable carrying capacity.

True

300

Clownfish live among the tentacles of sea anemones, gaining protection, while the anemone remains unaffected. What type of relationship

Commensalism

300

In a Predator-Prey interaction, does either the predator or the prey drive/control the interaction? 

Prey

300

What is the largest organ in the human body? 

Skin

400

What two factors decrease a population? 

Deaths and Emigration 

400

What is the carrying capacity for this population?

About 2000

400

True or false: an invasive species is a native species that survives in an environment with no predators and often is harmful to the resources and other species found in these areas. 

False- Invasive species are NOT native

400

What would happen to a predator population if all the prey was removed? 

The predator population would die out. 

400

How many feet are in a mile? 

5280

500

What type of growth do we not often observe in nature? 

Exponential Growth

500

Name three limiting factors OTHER THAN food or space. 

ex. water, disease, natural disasters, climate change/climate/global warming, predators, invasive species, number of mates, deforestation etc

500

What is the difference between interspecific and intraspecific competition? 

Interspecific- 2 DIFFERENT species competing for the same resources 

Intraspecific- 2 Individuals in the SAME species completing for resources 

500

If two predators eat the same prey, such as both wolves and Lynx eating hares, what type of factor does that make the hare? 

Limiting factor

500

What is the closest planet to the sun? 

Mercury