Ecology Jeopardy Review!

General Terms Practice problems Population dynamics and limitations

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Terms-200

• This is the definition of a population.

Answer: Terms 200

• What is a group of the same species in the same area?

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Terms 400

• These are the living and non-living components of ecology

Answer: Terms 400

• What are biotic and abiotic components?

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Terms 600

• Ecology is the study of ___________________

Answer: Terms 600

• What are interactions between organisms and their environment?

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Terms 800

• This is the number of offspring in a female’s brood

Answer: Terms 800

• What is fecundity?

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Terms 1000

• Demography is the study of what?

Answer: Terms 1000

• What is the study of populations and population processes?

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Practice Problems 200

• Farmer Morris has 20 cows. In one year, 8 die, 4 are born and none immigrate or emigrate. What is the new population size?

Answer Practice Problems: 200

• What is 16 cows?

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Practice Problems 400

• Consider the following: a bee hive with 1257 members hatches 1580 new bees, in which 237 die and 30 bees leave to start a new hive. The new population size is _________

Answer Practice Problems: 400

• What is 2570 bees?

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Practice Problems 600

• Ken has 18 fish in his fish tank. 2 of his guppies have babies. The next day 3 fish die by eating themselves to death, and 4 of the guppy fry were eaten. The new population is 30 members. How many babies did the guppies have, counting the 4 that died?

Answer Practice Problems: 600

• What is 19 fry/babies?

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Practice Problems 800

• There is a school of 245 fish in the ocean. A pod of dolphins swims through and eats approximately 52 fish total. In the mayhem, 70 fish swim off and start a new school far away from the dolphins. Assuming there were no births, what is the new population of the fish?

Answer Practice Problems: 800

• What is 123 fish?

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Practice Problems 1000

• There is a population of 75 elephants in Africa. A group of poachers kill 41, and the populations split into 2 even populations as they panic and escape. In new population 1, 3 elephant calves are born. In new population 2, 5 are born, but one dies shortly after birth. What is the size of each population?

Answer Practice Problems: 1000

• What is 20 elephants in population 1 and 21 elephants in population 2?

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Population Dynamics and Limiting Factors 200

• These are the three factors that all populations have.

Answer: Population Dynamics and Limiting Factors 200

• What is density, distribution and age structure?

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Population Dynamics and Limiting Factors 400

• Humans fall on this type of survivorship curve.

Answer: Population Dynamics and Limiting Factors 400

• What is a type I curve?

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Population Dynamics and Limiting Factors 600

• These are the two types of population growth models.

Answer: Population Dynamics and Limiting Factors 600

• What is exponential curve and logistic curve?

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Population Dynamics and Limiting Factors 800

• What are the four types of age structures, and what is an example of each?

Answer: Population Dynamics and Limiting Factors 800

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What is rapid growth, slow growth, zero growth and negative growth?Rapid growth- Guatemala, Suadi Arabia, or NigeriaSlow growth- United States, Canada, or AustraliaZero growth- Spain, Austria, or BelgiumNegative growth- Germany, Bulgaria, or Sweden

Population Dynamics and Limiting Factors 1000

• This is the equation for estimating a population size at any point in time.

Answer: Population Dynamics and Limiting Factors 1000

• What is “G= Initial Population + (B-D) + (I-E)”?

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