5. If a farmer sprays a pesticide onto a field and kills half of the insect pest

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5. If a farmer sprays a pesticide onto a field and kills half of the insect pests, he has caused a reduction in________.
a. field capacity
b. carrying capacity
c. population size
d. More than one of the above

6. What type of survivorship curve would you expect for a plant species in which only a few seeds are produced and most of these survive to produce adult plants?
a. type I
b. type II
c. type III

7. An ecological niche is an organism's FUNCTION in an ecosystem.
a. location b. habitat c. resources d. function

8. No matter how rapidly populations grow, they eventually reach a limit and begin to stabilize. This is called the ______________.

Explanation / Answer

carrying capacity
type II
habitat
biotic potential

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