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Grade 9 Population Ecology Worksheet with Answers

Grade 9 (US) · Year 10 (UK) · Class 9 (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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Population Ecology

Grade 9 · Biology

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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

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

    What is carrying capacity?

  2. 2

    Logistic growth looks like what shape on a graph?

  3. 3

    What is a community?

  4. 4

    What happens to a deer population if wolves are removed?

  5. 5

    What is biodiversity?

  6. 6

    Name a limiting factor for a population.

  7. 7

    Exponential growth looks like what shape on a graph?

  8. 8

    What is an invasive species?

  9. 9

    What is ecological succession?

  10. 10

    Why do ecosystems with more biodiversity recover better?

  11. 11

    What is a population?

★ Challenge corner for fast finishers

Ice floats in water. What does that tell you about its density?

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

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