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Ecology Jeopardy Review!
General Terms Practice problems Population dynamics and limitations
Terms-200
• This is the definition of a population.
Answer: Terms 200
• What is a group of the same species in the same area?
Terms 400
• These are the living and non-living components of ecology
Answer: Terms 400
• What are biotic and abiotic components?
Terms 600
• Ecology is the study of ___________________
Answer: Terms 600
• What are interactions between organisms and their environment?
Terms 800
• This is the number of offspring in a female’s brood
Answer: Terms 800
• What is fecundity?
Terms 1000
• Demography is the study of what?
Answer: Terms 1000
• What is the study of populations and population processes?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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
What is rapid growth, slow growth, zero growth and negative growth?
Rapid growth- Guatemala, Suadi Arabia, or Nigeria
Slow growth- United States, Canada, or
Australia
Zero growth- Spain, Austria, or Belgium
Negative 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)”?
