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Grade 11 Population Ecology Worksheet with Answers
Grade 11 (US) · Year 12 (UK) · Class 11 (India) · Biology
Unit 4: EcologyPopulationsNGSS HS-LS2-1
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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Learning goal: Populations · NGSS HS-LS2-1
Directions: Read each question carefully and write your answer on the line.
RememberPopulation growth
- 1
What is a population?
- 2
What happens to a deer population if wolves are removed?
- 3
What is an invasive species?
- 4
Why do ecosystems with more biodiversity recover better?
- 5
Name a limiting factor for a population.
- 6
What is carrying capacity?
- 7
Logistic growth looks like what shape on a graph?
- 8
What is biodiversity?
- 9
Exponential growth looks like what shape on a graph?
- 10
What is a community?
- 11
What is ecological succession?
★ Challenge corner for fast finishers
On the Moon (no air), a hammer and a feather are dropped together. Which lands first?
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Answer key — Population Ecology (Grade 11)
- 1.all the members of one species in an area
- 2.it grows, then may crash when food runs out
- 3.a non-native species that spreads and harms an ecosystem
- 4.more species can fill roles if some are lost
- 5.food, water, space, predators or disease (any one)
- 6.the largest population an environment can support
- 7.an S-shaped curve
- 8.the variety of life in an area
- 9.a J-shaped curve
- 10.all the populations living in an area
- 11.gradual change in the species of a community over time
- ★they land at the same time
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- 1.all the members of one species in an area
- 2.it grows, then may crash when food runs out
- 3.a non-native species that spreads and harms an ecosystem
- 4.more species can fill roles if some are lost
- 5.food, water, space, predators or disease (any one)
- 6.the largest population an environment can support
- 7.an S-shaped curve
- 8.the variety of life in an area
- 9.a J-shaped curve
- 10.all the populations living in an area
- 11.gradual change in the species of a community over time
- ★they land at the same time (challenge corner)
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