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Grade 10 Population Ecology Worksheet with Answers

Grade 10 (US) · Year 11 (UK) · Class 10 (India) · Biology

Unit 5: Going FurtherAdvanced: Ecology PreviewNGSS HS-LS2-1Advanced

Population growth, limiting factors, carrying capacity and biodiversity. This free high school worksheet has 11 questions and a full answer key. Print it or save it as a PDF — every answer is checked by code, not guessed.

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Population Ecology

Grade 10 · Biology

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Learning goal: Advanced: Ecology Preview · NGSS HS-LS2-1

Directions: Read each question carefully and write your answer on the line.

RememberPopulation growth

carrying capacitytimepop.Limiting factors: food, water,space, predators, disease.Births + immigration add;deaths + emigration remove.
  1. 1

    Logistic growth looks like what shape on a graph?

  2. 2

    What happens to a deer population if wolves are removed?

  3. 3

    Exponential growth looks like what shape on a graph?

  4. 4

    What is biodiversity?

  5. 5

    What is an invasive species?

  6. 6

    Name a limiting factor for a population.

  7. 7

    What is a population?

  8. 8

    What is carrying capacity?

  9. 9

    What is a community?

  10. 10

    What is ecological succession?

  11. 11

    Why do ecosystems with more biodiversity recover better?

★ Challenge corner for fast finishers

Why does your breath make fog on a cold window?

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  1. 1.an S-shaped curve
  2. 2.it grows, then may crash when food runs out
  3. 3.a J-shaped curve
  4. 4.the variety of life in an area
  5. 5.a non-native species that spreads and harms an ecosystem
  6. 6.food, water, space, predators or disease (any one)
  7. 7.all the members of one species in an area
  8. 8.the largest population an environment can support
  9. 9.all the populations living in an area
  10. 10.gradual change in the species of a community over time
  11. 11.more species can fill roles if some are lost
  12. ★water vapor in your breath condenses on the cold glass (challenge corner)

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