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Carrying Capacity and Limiting Factors

Carrying Capacity and Limiting Factors

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Science

7th Grade

Hard

Created by

James Gonzalez

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21 Slides • 10 Questions

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Carrying Capacity and Limiting Factors

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Learning Objectives

  • I can:

  • Predict if a population will increase or decrease depending on limiting factors and carrying capacity.

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Multiple Choice

Is a fern an abiotic or biotic factor? 
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abiotic
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biotic

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Multiple Choice

Is a weather an abiotic or biotic factor? 
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abiotic
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biotic

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Multiple Choice

Is a deer an abiotic or biotic factor?

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abiotic

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biotic

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Multiple Choice

Limiting factors are sometimes helpful because they can keep the population from getting too large.
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True
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False

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Population Ecology Graphs

Exponential, Logistic and

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Exponential Growth graphs

  • Have a "J shaped" curve

  • Populations are growing

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Logistic graphs

  • Have a "S shaped" curve

  • Populations increase and then flatten out

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Fluctuating graphs

  • Have a "S shaped" curve

  • Populations increase and decrease depending on biotic and abiotic factors

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Multiple Choice

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What type of population growth curve is shown in this graph?

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Exponential

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Logistic

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Boom and Bust

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Predator-Prey

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Multiple Choice

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What type of population growth curve is shown in this graph?

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Exponential

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Logistic

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Boom and Bust

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Predator-Prey

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Multiple Choice

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The graph to the right shows the interaction of the wolf and moose populations on Isle Pekie. If the moose population continues to increase, the wolves' food supply will increase. What will most likely happen to the wolf population as a result?

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It will decrease.

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It will increase.

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It will remain the same.

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Multiple Choice

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In the graph to the right, what is the population of deer at the carrying capacity of the environment?

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7

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70

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40

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Multiple Choice

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On which day did the population represented in the graph below reach the carrying capacity of the ecosystem?

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Day 11

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Day 8

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Day 3

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Day 5

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Multiple Choice

The largest number of organisms that the environment can support. 
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Carrying Capacity
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Limiting Factor

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