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Which type of growth can occur only when a population has unlimited resources?

A
limited
B
logistic
C
exponential
D
negative
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A population is growing at a rate of 2, 4, 8, 16, 32. Which type of growth does this describe?

A
linear
B
logistic
C
exponential
D
negative
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What do birth rate, death rate, immigration, and emigration determine about a population?

A
carrying capacity
B
population growth
C
population type
D
limiting factors
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The overall population of a species has increased. What could have occurred to allow this to happen?

A
The emigration rate is greater than the death rate.
B
The death rate of the population is greater than the immigration.
C
The birth rate of the population is less than the death rate.
D
The immigration of the population is greater than the emigration.
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A scientist was studying a population of elephants. The first year, he counted a population of 80. Over the next eight years, the population’s numbers were 94, 100, 103, 110, 125, 120, 125, 120. What appears to be the carrying capacity for this population?

A
120
B
124
C
125
D
126
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In a year, a population of lions had four births, two deaths from disease, one natural death, five emigrations, and five immigrations. In the same year, a population of zebras had five births, three deaths, four emigrations, and one immigration. Which best explains the data?

A
Zebras and lions are both experiencing a negative population growth.
B
Zebras and lions are both experiencing a positive population growth.
C
The zebras have a higher population growth than the lions have.
D
The zebras have a lower population growth than the lions have.
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In a population of deer in one year, six deer were born, five deer emigrated, three deer were killed by predators, and one deer immigrated. What can be determined from this information?

A
Population growth is decreasing.
B
Population growth is increasing.
C
Population growth stays the same.
D
Population reaches the carrying capacity.
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The maximum number of wolves that can survive in a particular forest is 230. What is this number called?

A
limit capacity
B
carrying capacity
C
limiting factor
D
logistic factor
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Which type of growth occurs when population growth slows or stops after a period of exponential growth?

A
decreasing
B
exponential
C
linear
D
logistic
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A population of sixteen emu grew to thirty-nine in one year. After two years, the population had grown to forty-eight. The maximum number of emu that the environment can support is approximately sixty due to limited resources such as food and water. What is the carrying capacity of the emu population?

A
sixteen
B
thirty-nine
C
forty-eight
D
sixty

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