APES CHAPTER 5 QUIZ
What is the carrying capacity for reindeer on St.Paul Island? (Chart has a flat bar at 100 labeled "carrying capacity")
100
Between which years is the population growing exponentially?
1825-1850 (its linear but it goes up a lot soooo ig so chief)
In what year did the population hit its maximum size before crashing?
1940 (function maximum)
What would cause a population to overshoot its carrying capacity?
a reproductive time lag between birth and death rates
A group of interbreeding individuals of the same species in the same geographic region
population
the number of individuals in a population found within a defined area
population density
What describes an organism that is too old to reproduce?
postreproductive
species that tend to reproduce later in life, have a small number of offspring, spend large amounts of energy caring for their young, and have long life spans best describes...
K-Selected reproduction
Some species that tend to reproduce later in life and have a small number of offspring with long life spans. This reproductive strategy commonly ____.
are vulnerable to extinction
A population's distribution of individuals among various age groups
age structure
Due to limitations of resources and competition between populations, there are ____ limits to population growth in nature.
always
The rise in white-tail deer populations in suburban areas are causing numerous problems. What is the greatest, most deadly problem?
car wrecks
The maximum population of a given species that a particular habitat can sustain
carrying capacity
Departure of individuals from a population to another area
emigration
A combination of all factors that may limit growth of a population
environmental resistance
Based on information provided in this graph, what factor keeps populations near carrying capacity?
environmental resistance
When plotting the number of individuals in a population against time, the data yield a J-shaped curve. What does this curve indicate?
exponential growth
Use the following information to calculate the growth of this population of raccoons. In a population of raccoons 18 babies are born, five males leave the area to avoid competition and find food, 10 raccoons are killed by cars and other predators, and two raccoons join the population in search of mates. What is this population experiencing?
growth by 5 raccoons
A population increases through birth and ____.
immigration
All of the following are reasons why populations typically live in clumps except...
increases the chance of competition in order maintain group dominance
Rapid growth followed by a steady decrease in population growth until the population size stabilizes at its carrying capacity
logistic growth
