What is the difference between growth factors and resistance factors? Give two examples of each. Are limiting factors a growth factor or a resistance factor?

What will be an ideal response?


Growth factors: Substance that stimulates growth in living things (ex: food, sunlight) Resistance factors: Known as strength reduction factor (ex: fires, flood, disease)

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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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What lifestyle choice does Gandhi's principle of enoughness address and how does it help the environment?

What will be an ideal response?

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Which of the following countries is considered to be in stage 4 of the demographic transition?

A) Argentina B) India C) Denmark D) Ghana E) Cape Verde

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When wolves in the Yellowstone area in Wyoming were eliminated, the population of elk exploded and the coyote willow shrubs were overgrazed. Which type of species did the wolf represent in this ecosystem?

A. keystone B. indicator C. invasive D. nonnative

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