6. What is the term for the number of offspring a population could produce if no limits were placed on it? a. natality b. the intrinsic growth rate biotic potential a density-dependent limiting factor a density-independent limiting factor C. d. e.
6. What is the term for the number of offspring a population could produce if no limits were placed on it? a. natality b. the intrinsic growth rate biotic potential a density-dependent limiting factor a density-independent limiting factor C. d. e.
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Transcribed Image Text:6. What is the term for the number of offspring a population could produce if no limits were placed on it?
a.
natality
b.
C.
d.
e.
7. When does stable population size occur?
a. when natality and immigration are greater than mortality and emigration
b. when mortality and emigration are greater than natality and immigration
c. when there is no emigration or immigration
d. when there are no births or deaths
e. when natality and immigration are equal to mortality and emigration
8. Birds find shelter and build nests in trees without harming the trees. What is the term for the symbiotic
relationship between the birds and the trees?
mutualism
parasitism
commensalism
a.
b.
the intrinsic growth rate
biotic potential
a density-dependent limiting factor
a density-independent limiting factor
C.
d.
e.
9. An individual with a small ecological footprint would practice which of the following activities?
a. have high resource consumption
predation
There is no relationship.
b.
eat large amounts of imported foods
c. leave the water running while brushing teeth
d. use solar-powered technologies
e.
build a home on fertile agricultural land
C.
10. Why is desalinization not a feasible method for increasing the supply of fresh water?
a.
too expensive
e.
produces a large amount of waste
consumes a great deal of energy
all of the above
none of the above
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