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| A population with an S-shaped growth curve is said to exhibit _____________ growth. |
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| Life histories are based on: |
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A) the rate of growth and development.
B) the time that it takes for an organism to mature.
C) the age of reproduction and number of reproductive events.
D) the age at death.
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| Why is ecology studied at the population level or higher? |
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| Most ecological process cannot be observed or studied at the individual level. |
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| The "demographic transition" seen in human populations ultimately results in: |
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| low birth rates and low death rates. |
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| When plants of a particular species are growing too close to each other, crowding may eventually lead to mortality, known as self-thinning. This type of mortality is: |
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| Which of the following is TRUE about estimating human carrying capacity? |
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| Some countries have more resources than their populations can currently use. |
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| In a population exhibiting logistic growth, the rate of population growth is greatest when N is: |
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B) 0
C) 1
D) 5K
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| The age-structure diagram of a human population in a developing country has the shape of: |
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| When more than two members of the same species live in the same place at the same time, they constitute: |
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A growing hare population provides more food for the lynx, which then reproduce at higher rates; Lynx eat too many hares, thereby reducing their food source and causing their own population to crash, which enables the hare population to grow.
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| density-dependent factors |
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| maximum sustainable yield |
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