1. Chapter 3-4: Vocab Review

2. B. Any factor that restricts organisms in the envrionment
1. Limiting Factor A. Any factor that does not restrict populations of organisms B. Any factor that restricts organisms in the environment C. Study of organisms and their interactions with their environments D. All of the above
B. Any factor that restricts organisms in the envrionment

3. 2. The ability of an organism to withstand fluctuations of factors in the environment, A. Symbiosis B. Carrying Capacity C. Tolerance D. Double Time
C. Tolerance

4. 3. Orderly and natural species replacement that takes place in an ecosystem over time A. Biome B. Succession C. Tolerance D. Carrying Capacity
B. Succession

5. 4. Type of succession that forms soil. A. Primary Succession B
4. Type of succession that forms soil. A. Primary Succession B. Secondary Succession C. Biome D. Exponential Growth
A. Primary succession

6. 5. Climax community A. Young, unstable community B
5. Climax community A. Young, unstable community B. Community that undergoes major changes C. found in the beginning stages of succession D. stable, mature community that has little change
D. stable, mature community that has little change.

7. 6. Secondary succession A. Usually after a natural disaster B
6. Secondary succession A. Usually after a natural disaster B. Has soil already C. Begins with grasses D. All of the bove
All of the above

8. 7. Group of ecosystems that have same climax communities
7. Group of ecosystems that have same climax communities. Often dictated by temperature around the world. A. Biomes B. Succession C. Carrying Capacity D. Life-history pattern
A. Biome

9. 8. This is an example of: A. J-Curve B. Exponential Growth C. S-Curve D. Both A & B

10. 9. The number of organsms an ecosystem can support
9. The number of organsms an ecosystem can support. Represented by an S-Curve A. Succession B. Exponential Growth C. Carrying Capacity D. Density-Dependent Factors
C. Carrying Capacity

11. B. Life-history pattern
10. An organism’s pattern of reproduction A. Birth Rate B. Life-history pattern C. Death Rate D. Age structure
B. Life-history pattern

12. 11. Limiting factors such as disease, parasites, and food resulting from the growth of population A. Density-Independent Factor B. Density-dependent Factor C. Double time D. Birth rate
B. Density-dependent Factor
(“depends” on the size of the population)

13. 12. Density-independent factor A temperature B storms C Factors that affect all populations regardless of density D All of the above
D. All of the above

14. 13. Study of population characteristics A. Demography B
13. Study of population characteristics A. Demography B. Age structure C. Succession D. All of the above
A. Demography

15. C. Rate in which there are more births than deaths
14 Birthrate A. Rate in which there is no change B. Rate in which there are more deaths than births C. Rate in which there are more births than deaths D. None of he above
C. Rate in which there are more births than deaths

16. B. Rate in which there are more deaths than births
15. Deathrate A. Rate in which there is no change B. Rate in which there are more deaths than births C. Rate in which there are more births than deaths D. None of he above
B. Rate in which there are more deaths than births

17. 16. The amount of time it takes a population to double in size A
16. The amount of time it takes a population to double in size A. Life-History Pattern B. Age structure C. Doubling time D. None of he above
C. Doubling time

18. 17. This is an example of: A. Life-history pattern B. Age Structure C
17. This is an example of: A. Life-history pattern B. Age Structure C. S-curve D. Density-dependent factor
B. Age structure