Which of the following is the term for the upward growth of a population?   Select one: A. Predator-prey interactions B. Biotic potential C. Abiotic limitations D. Environmental resistance E. Transcendent growth

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A: A population is a dynamic changing entity. Population growth defines the change in number of…

Q: Choose the following term that corresponds with the definitions listed below. a. Biotic potential…

A: The growth pattern of a species is an indication of the growth of that population for a period of…

Q: All of the following factors can prevent predators from driving prey to extinction except:   A.…

A: Predator and prey share a relationship where the population of both the organisms is maintained…

Q: Mark Recapture can be written as M N = R Define each term. Use this equation to answer the following…

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Q: a. It involves interaction between individuals of the same species. b. It is the greatest between…

A: Competition occur either between the members of the same species or between the members of different…

Q: For each of the following statements about a keystone species, select true or false. 1. Keystone…

A: A keystone species is a species that has an extensive effect on an ecosystem even though their…

Q: Which of the following is most likely to increase the carrying capacity of an area for an organism?…

A: An area's carrying capacity is the maximum population size of a specific species that a given…

Q: How can a commensalism become a mutualism

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Q: Which of the following formulae describes logistic population growth? Group of answer choices a.…

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Q: According to the competitive exclusion principle,a. one species is always more competitive than…

A: Answer is c)  no two species can occupy the same niche at the same time.

Q: For the unicorn shrimp population shown in the cohort life table below, what type of survivorship…

A: A graph displaying the relationship between the number of surviving organisms (Y-axis) and the age…

Q: Which of the following is considered a study of association: a. Cohort study b. Cross-sectional…

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Q: A population’s ecological footprint is measured in terms of:   a how many resources the population…

A: A population is a group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same habitat.

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A: Ecological study designs are a type of epidemiological study design that focus on the relationship…

Q: As a population’s size increases toward the ecosystem’s carrying capacity,a. environmental…

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Q: The maximum growth rate of a population under ideal conditions iscalled thea. carrying capacity. d.…

A: Biotic potential

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A: Lokta Volterra model is the simplest model of predator and prey interactions. This model is…

Q: As a population size approaches (i.e. is almost equal to) carrying capacity for a certain…

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Q: Figure 5. This figure shows the number of individuals of three tree species (Blue Pine, Black Oak,…

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Q: This growth trend depicted on the graph is called_, which means the population grows without limits.…

A: Answer: b) exponential population growth

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Q: The northern hairy-nosed wombat has experienced historical population declines, though population…

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Q: Would you classify these species as weak, moderate, or strong competitors? Explain. Think about…

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Q: The number of individuals that occur per unit area is calleda. populationb. population growth.c.…

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Q: A predators can feed on several prey species, but prefer to attack those with the weakest defenses.…

A: Ecological relationships among the species.

Q: Which of the following scenarios does NOT describe a population with a clumped distribution? A.…

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Q: there is a corresponding decrease in the population growth rates of crickets.  As adult crickets…

A: Competition is described as the interaction between organisms that must compete for limited…

Q: Competitive exclusion occurs from Select one: a. intraspecific competition b. interspecific…

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Q: The lynx/hare study showed long term, regular cycles in the population sizes of both species.  What…

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Q: Which of the indices listed would you use ito answer each of the following questions? Answers…

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Q: Which of the following defines the role of a species in a community,including its habitat and…

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Q: The long-term study by Krebs on the population dynamics of snowshoe hares and lynx has become a…

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Q: Nt= N0 t represents:a.geometric population growth.b.annual growth rate.c.exponential growth…

A: Exponential growth is continuous population growth in an environment where the resources are…

Q: Which of the following forces can de-stabilize a population, resulting in a unstable equilibrium?…

A: The earth is full of different types of species of organisms. A species is a group or population of…

Q: In the exponential growth equation, for a fixed value of r", the rate of population growth (dN/dt) a…

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Q: Which of the following factors stabilizes population growth into an S-shaped curve? a. limited…

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Q: Which of the following is true of overexploitation? Select ALL that apply.   a Only animals are…

A: Overexploitation is the exploitation of a resource to the point of depletion. It occurs when the…

Q: A biologist determines the growth rate of a population of 198 frogs in a marsh near

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Q: The point at which a population has reached the limit for which an area can support is known as……

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Communities and Ecosystems

Ecology contains two words: Eikos means dwelling, and logy means to study, so the combined meaning is studying habitat or living.