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Question 1

The maximum number of wolves that can survive in a particular forest is 230. What is this number called?

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C: carrying capacity

Question 2

The overall population of a species has increased. What could have occurred to allow this to happen?

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B: The immigration of the population is greater than the emigration.

Question 3

Which is the change in size of a group of organisms of the same species over time?

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A: population growth

Question 4

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

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D: exponential

Question 5

A population is growing at a rate of 2, 4, 8, 16, 32. Which type of growth does this describe?

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C: exponential

Question 6

Which type of growth occurs when population growth slows or stops after a period of exponential growth?

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C: logistic

Question 7

Deer need food and water to survive. What are food and water for the deer population?

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D: limiting factors

Question 8

What do birth rate, death rate, immigration, and emigration determine about a population?

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A: population growth

Question 9

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?

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D: The zebras have a lower population growth than the lions have.

Question 10

If a population of deer exceeds its carrying capacity, it is likely that the

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A: population will crash.

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