Populations midpoint quiz - JULIA ZAHN | Laabri | Nneɛma a ɛma wotumi yɛ ade

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Select the density dependent factors

Food

Hurricanes

Parasites

Disease

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What does "carrying capacity" mean?

The number of individuals in a population that can survive in the winter

The number of individuals in a population that are alive

The number of individuals in multiple populations that want to live together

The number of individuals in a population an area can support in a given amount of time

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Unchecked growth of a population that rises rapidly and crashes rapidly

Logistic growth

Exponential growth

Linear growth

Parabolic growth

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Extreme K-selected species follow a Type III survivorship curve

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Match the evolutionary strategy to the correct description

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
r-selected species		Many offspring all at once, minimal parental care
K-selected species		Mature early, smaller in size
K-selected species		Few offspring, high level of parental care
r-selected species		Most survive to old age

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Symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit

Mutualism

Competition

Commensalism

Parasitism

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Symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and nothing happens to the other

Commensalism

Predation

Parasitism

Mutualism

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Why is symbiosis important?

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What is a "keystone species"

an organism that creates new ecosystems

an organism that opens doorways

an organism that the ecosystem doesn't need and only causes harm to other organisms

an organism that the ecosystem depends on; without it, the ecosystem might collapse

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"S" curve; occurs when the population reaches carrying capacity and stabilizes

logistic growth

exponential growth

linear growth

parabolic growth

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What is happening in this diagram?

The population is stable

The population is growing rapidly

Nothing can be determined about the population from this diagram

The population is decreasing