Population Dynamics Jeopardy

A: The maximum number of organisms that can be sustained in a habitat over a specified amount of time

Q: What is the carrying capacity?

A: A measure of growth which is predictable and regular

Q: What is geometric growth?A: The living components of an ecosystem

Q: What are biotic factors?A: A species native to a certain area

Q: What is an indigenous species?

A: A growth rate which becomes more rapid in proportion to population size

Q: What is exponential growth?A: The non-living components of an ecosystem

Q: What are abiotic factors?A: A species not native to an area

Q: What is an exotic species?

A: The natural growth rate of a species in a habitat

Q: What is fecundity?

A: = [(b + i) (d + e) / n x 100

Q: What is the equation for population change?A: Species living in an ecosystem which feed on other organisms

Q: What are consumers?A: D = n/s

Q: What is population density?

A: Clumped, uniform or random

Q: What are population dispersion patterns?

A: The role of the crab in this food web

Q: What is a producer of food for lobsters and a consumer of food such as mussels?

A:Species living in an ecosystem which act as food for other organisms

Q: What are producers?A: A series of interconnected organisms representing energy flow

Q: What is a food web?A: A method of tagging species for tracking

Q: What is the mark/recapture method?

A: The population change of this species: b = 10 i = 2 d = 5 e =1 n = 50

Q: = [(b + i) (d + e) / n x 100 = [(10 + 2) (5 + 1) / 50 x 100 = 6/50 x 100 = 12

A: The tiers in a food web through which energy is passed

Q: What is a trophic level?