Nature & science · Age 11 · Quarter 3 – Advanced Ecology
Limiting Factors and Carrying Capacity
Understand the factors that limit population growth and the concept of carrying capacity.
Module
Quarter 3 – Advanced Ecology
Age
Age 11
Duration
10 min
Questions
5
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Question 1
Multiple choice
What is the 'carrying capacity' of an ecosystem?
Question 2
Multiple choice
Which of these is a limiting factor for a rabbit population?
Question 3
Multiple choice
What happens when a population exceeds the carrying capacity of its environment?
Question 4
True or false
A population will always keep growing as long as births outnumber deaths.
Question 5
Matching
Match each limiting factor to the resource it affects.