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Population Predator Prey Ecology
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1
Which is an example of a density-dependent limiting factor on a population of dolphins?
Global warming
a decrease in their food source
An oil spill
a massive tidal wave
2
The study of the vital statistics of a population and how they changeover time is called...
Philology
Geography
Sociology
Demography
3
An example of an r-selected population is __________.
Sharks
Salmon
Crows
Humans
4
A blue whale would follow what survivorship pattern shown in this image?
Type I
Type III
Type II
5
The population represented in this diagram has ________________.
Negative growth
Neutral population growth
A growing population
Growing death rates
6
E. Coli growing in an agar plate for 1 hour would be best represented by which graph?
J Curve
S curve
7
Which of thefollowing is the best example of uniform dispersion?
None of the above
A
B
C
8
A population of squirrels tracked for eight years would be best represented with which graph?
S curve
J Curve
9
Where would you find the death probability that a 36-year-oldAmerican male?
Life table
Death table
Census table
Mortality table
10
When Human populations increase, they are not benefited by __________.
More people to buy things
A larger labor force
more potentially innovative people
more housing needed
11
Two men fighting over the last slice of pie is an example of _______________.
Interspecific competition
Ad Hominid Competition
Intraspecific Competition
Ultraspecific competition
12
Which of these is an age-structure diagram?
A
C
B
D
13
The amount of land/water needed to support the life of an individual is referred to as their-
Resource Reservoir
Ecological niche
Carbon Footprint
Ecological Footprint
14
The population represented in this diagram has ________________.
Negative growth
A growing population
Growing death rates
Neutral population growth
15
The removal of a predator would cause a population to switch from _____growth to ______ growth.
Euclidian: Logisti
Logistic: Exponential
Exponential: Logistic
Limited: Unlimited
16
Offspring would have a good chance of survival in a _______________.
r-selected population
Maternal Instinct population
K-selected population
Nursing Population
17
Survivorship is independent of age in __________.
Small Mammals
Frogs
Humans
Small Birds
18
What does not change the density of a population?
Deaths
Opposable Thumbs
Emmigration
Immigration
19
The following equation is indicative of what type of population growth?
Positive Growth
Zero growth
Exponential growth
Negative Growth
20
Which of these is an example of Interspecific competition?
A small fish cleaning the mouth of a larger fish
A mosquito sucking the blood from your arm
Two lions fighting over mating rights
a crocodile and a leopard trying to eat the same fish.
21
Which of the following is a density-independent factor that would limit population size?
A blight affecting a population's food source
A tsunami kills most of the population
Transmittable diseases affecting the population
A disease killing the predator of the population
22
A salmon would follow what survivorship pattern shown below?
Type I
Type III
Type II
23
Which of these would you use to sample and interpret data concerning very large area?
Hardy-Wienberg Method
Point-to-Point Method
Quadrat Method
Folger Method
24
The Mark and Recapture method is used to________.
Estimate population size
Find out how much food is available for a population
catch dangerous predators
Find animalsthat would make good pets
