The equation of exponential growth curve of population has 'r’ that mean which of the following statements?1. Extrinsic rate of natural increase
2. An important parameter for assessing impacts of only biotic factors on population growth

3. For Norway rat, it's value is 0.15

4. For flour beetle it is 0.12

Subtopic:  Population: Exponential Growth Model |
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What does K mean?

  1. Nature's Carrying Capacity
  2. Number of individuals of a species supported by nature as per the resources available
  3. A maximum possible number of individuals of a species under practical circumstances.
  4. All of these
Subtopic:  Population: Logistic Growth Model |
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In V-PL growth curve, the asymptote is reached when

  1. It's lag phase
  2. Just before the lag phase
  3. At the time of curve reaching to K
  4. The time before deacceleration.
Subtopic:  Population Dynamic |
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Evolution of population

  1. Maximizing Reproductive fitness
  2. Low r value
  3. Minimizing Darwinian fitness
  4. Both B and C
Subtopic:  Life History Variations |
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Which of the following will breed more than once in their life cycle?

  1. Pacific salmon fish
  2. Bamboo
  3. Cuckoo
  4. Both A and C
Subtopic:  Population Interactions: Parasitism |
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Life History traits

  1. Evolved with the constraints imposed by mainly the Abiotic Factors of that habitat
  2. An intense research area
  3. Both A and B

None of these

Subtopic:  Life History Variations |
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The biological community can have

  1. An isolated population of plants which doesn't depend on animals and microbes
  2. An isolated population of animals which doesn't depend on plants and microbes
  3. An isolated population of microbes which doesn't depend on plants and animlas
  4. No isolated population is possible there.
Subtopic:  Population Characters: Density |
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By a particular interaction in a population one species was harmed while other was benefited. Such interaction is called as

  1. Competition
  2. Predation
  3. Parasitism
  4. Both B and C
Subtopic:  Population Interactions: Predation | Population Interactions: Parasitism |
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The interacting species live closely together in which of the following interaction?

  1. Parasitism, Predation and Amensalism
  2. Commensalism, Amensalism
  3. Mutualism and Competition
  4. Parasitism, Predation, Commensalism
Subtopic:  Population Interactions: Predation | Population Interactions: Parasitism | Population Interactions: Commensalism, Protocooperation & Mutualism |
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Predation can be thought as

  1. Prey's way to control it's population
  2. Nature's way of transferring energy to higher trophic levels.
  3. Nature's way of controlling predators food chain
  4. Predator's way of controlling prey's energy level
Subtopic:  Population Interactions: Predation |
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Level 2: 60%+
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