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Limits to Growth: Chapter 1-2 p. 8-11
Limiting Factor
1. What is a limiting factor?
2. Looking at figure 5, describe how each factors may change the population size
a. Competition
b. Predation
c. Parasitism and disease
d. Drought and other climate extremes
e. Human disturbances
Density-Dependent Factors
3. What is a density-dependent limiting factor?
4. When do density-dependent limiting factor come into play?
5. What are some density-dependent limiting factors?
6. Explain how competition is a density-dependent limiting factor. Describe an example.
Populations Unit
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7. Between whom can competition exist?
8. Explain how predation is a density-dependent limiting factor. Describe an example.
9. What is the predator-prey relationship?
10. Explain how parasitism and disease are density-dependent limiting factors. Give an example.
11. Look at figure 7: what causes the fluctuation in both the moose and wolf populations?
Density-independent Factors
12. How do density-independent factors affect populations?
13. What are some examples of density-independent factors?
Thought Question:
Create a Venn diagram that compares and contrasts the types of limiting factors. YOU MUST DO THIS FOR A STAMP
Populations Unit