Chapter 4 & 5 Review

Movement of individuals out of a population.

What is the basic metric unit for mass?

What is the basic metric unit for length?

Which words would best describe the following:  Birth rate = death rate

Bees gather nectar from flowers & make food while spreading pollen from flower to flower.

What is the difference between movement of energy and nutrients in living things?

No 2 species can occupy exactly the same niche in the same habitat at the same time is called

Which time interval on the graph depicts the effects of limiting factors on a population?

What is true of the time interval marked E in the graph

Gases in the atmosphere that trap heat energy and help maintain Earth's temperature is _______

Population grows at an increasing rate.

Which of the following would reduce the amount of competition?

The three main climate zones on Earth are due to ___________.

Lichen is an example of this because it is often the first species to populate an area.

Glacial tills, rocky outcrops, lava flows & sand dunes are examples of

What event started the exponential growth of the human population?

Which factors increase the size of a population?

Movement of individuals into an area occupied by an existing population.

Slows the growth of a population.

The largest number of individuals of a population that an environment can support.

Which of the following would be a density-dependent limiting factor?

Which of the following would cause a population to grow?

The formation of a climax community from an abandoned farm land is an example of?

In the graph, what does the letter K represent?

One species gets a benefit, the other is neither helped nor harmed.

What happens when the exponential phase of a logistic growth curve stops?

Density-dependent limiting factors usually do not affect populations that 

This type of graph would show a J-curve.

A population's growth rate slows or stops following a period of exponential growth.

The clearing of trees and transforming a forest into cleared land.

Which of the following would be a density-independent limiting factor?

The number of individuals living per unit of an area.

A large dense population of buffalo is infected with a disease and half of them die.  

Which of the following would increase competition?

Which of the following is NOT an example of a type of weather condition?

The largest number of individuals of a population that an environment can support.