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The total number of individuals that make up a population is the
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Population size.
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What distribution pattern is the most common in the natural world?
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Clumped
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A situation in which the birth rate plus immigration equals the death rate plus emigration is called
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Zero population growth.
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The size of a population is controlled by all Except which of the followings?
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Feeding level
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The rate of increase for a population (r) refers to what kind of relationship between birth rate and death rate?
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The difference between them
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A population that is growing exponentially in the absence of limiting factors can be illustrated by which curve?
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J-shaped
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In itself, a flood that washes away an entire population of rabbits is
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Density-independent.
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Which density-dependent factor controls the size of a population?
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Nutrient supply
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Which is NOT a density-dependent, growth-limiting factor?
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Drought
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Niche refers to the
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Functional role of a species in a community.
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A one-way relationship in which one species benefits and directly hurts the other is called
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Parasitism.
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The interaction in which one species benefits and the second species is neither harmed nor benefited is
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Commensalism.
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The subdividing of some category of similar resources in a way that allows competing species to exist is
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Resource partitioning.
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Which of the following represent an early stage in primary succession?
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Moss and lichens on bare rock
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The climax community
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Is the final community in ecological succession.
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