Standardized Test Prep

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Standardized Test Prep

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Multiple Choice

• 1. What determines the carrying capacity of an
  environment?
• A. growth rates
• B. limiting resources
• C. natural selection
• D. territorial size

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Multiple Choice

• 1. What determines the carrying capacity of an
  environment?
• A. growth rates
• B. limiting resources
• C. natural selection
• D. territorial size

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• Which of the following statements can be made
  about competition between organisms in a
  particular ecosystem?
• F. Organisms rarely compete with members of
  their own species.
• G. Organisms compete directly when they require
  the same resources.
• H. Organisms only compete when supplies of a
  resource are unlimited.
• I. Organisms only compete for resources when
  their populations are small.

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• Which of the following statements can be made
  about competition between organisms in a
  particular ecosystem?
• F. Organisms rarely compete with members of
  their own species.
• G. Organisms compete directly when they require
  the same resources.
• H. Organisms only compete when supplies of a
  resource are unlimited.
• I. Organisms only compete for resources when
  their populations are small.

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• 3. Which of the following describes a species
  niche?
• A. the unique role the species plays in an
  ecosystem
• B. the physical location where the species can
  be found on Earth
• C. the adaptation of a species population to its
  physical environment
• D. the maximum number of offspring all members
  of that species can produce

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• 3. Which of the following describes a species
  niche?
• A. the unique role the species plays in an
  ecosystem
• B. the physical location where the species can
  be found on Earth
• C. the adaptation of a species population to its
  physical environment
• D. the maximum number of offspring all members
  of that species can produce

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• 4. Which of the following expressions is used to
  calculate the change in population size?
• F. births plus deaths
• G. births plus deaths plus population
• H. births minus deaths
• I. births minus deaths plus population

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• 4. Which of the following expressions is used to
  calculate the change in population size?
• F. births plus deaths
• G. births plus deaths plus population
• H. births minus deaths
• I. births minus deaths plus population

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• Use this table to answer question 5.

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• 5. Which of the interactions listed in the table
  is harmful to both species?
• A. commensalism
• B. competition
• C. mutualism
• D. predation

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• 5. Which of the interactions listed in the table
  is harmful to both species?
• A. commensalism
• B. competition
• C. mutualism
• D. predation

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• Use this illustration to answer questions 6 and 7.

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• 6. What happens to population size between the
  time it overshoots carrying capacity to when it
  recovers and stabilizes?
• F. It remains stable.
• G. It declines steadily.
• H. It decreases before it stabilizes.
• I. It continues to increase at a steady rate.

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• 6. What happens to population size between the
  time it overshoots carrying capacity to when it
  recovers and stabilizes?
• F. It remains stable.
• G. It declines steadily.
• H. It decreases before it stabilizes.
• I. It continues to increase at a steady rate.

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• 7. If the population size was nearly 2,000 when
  it overshot carrying capacity, and 1,500 when it
  was at its lowest amount of decline during its
  recovery, what is the estimated carrying capacity
  of the population?
• A. 1,600
• B. 1,750
• C. 1,800
• D. 1,950

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• 7. If the population size was nearly 2,000 when
  it overshot carrying capacity, and 1,500 when it
  was at its lowest amount of decline during its
  recovery, what is the estimated carrying capacity
  of the population?
• A. 1,600
• B. 1,750
• C. 1,800
• D. 1,950