AP®︎ Environmental Science: Topic 3.3 Practice Test
Prepare for your quiz, test, or the AP exam with focused practice questions on Topic 3.3 of AP Environmental Science – Survivorship Curves.
Questions List
Topic 3.3
Question 1 Easy
This question tests the following: ERT-3.C
What does a survivorship curve show?
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Topic 3.3: Survivorship Curves
Learning Objective: ERT-3.C
Explain survivorship curves.
Essential Knowledge: ERT-3.C.1
A survivorship curve is a line that displays the relative survival rates of a cohort—a group of individuals of the same age—in a population, from birth to the maximum age reached by any one cohort member. There are Type I, Type II, and Type III curves.
Essential Knowledge: ERT-3.C.2
Survivorship curves differ for K-selected and r-selected species, with K-selected species typically following a Type I or Type II curve and r-selected species following a Type III curve.
