APES Population Quiz

The number of years it takes a population to double in size based on its current growth rate

• death rate
• mortality rate
• birth rate
• doubling time

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NGSS.HS-LS2-6

The number of deaths compared to the total number of people in a population

• death rate
• doubling time
• population decline
• birth rate

The average number of people per square mile

• population distribution
• population density
• urbanization
• population rate

The movement of people from place to place

• Migration
• Urbanization
• Modernization
• Industrialization

A metropolitan region of 100,000 people has 2000 births, 500 deaths, 200 emigrants, and 100 immigrants over a 1-year period. Its population growth rate is

• 1.2 percent.

• 1.4 percent

• 1.6 percent.

• 1.8 percent.

• 2.0 percent.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Which of the following pairs of indicators best reflects the availability of health care in a country?

• Crude death rate and growth rate

• Crude death rate and crude birth rate

• Growth rate and life expectancy

• Infant mortality rate and life expectancy

• Infant mortality rate and crude death rate

Which of the following characteristics are typical of developed countries?

I High technology use

II Low GDP

III Small-scale sustainable agriculture

• I only

• II only

• I and III only

• II and III only

• I, II and III

Which of the following countries best exemplifies phase 4 of a demographic transition?

• Argentina

• China

• India

• Mexico

• Japan

An r-selected species characteristically has

• a type I survivorship curve
• few offspring
• a population near carrying capacity
• a fast population growth rate

Organisms that lay eggs, do no nurturing of their young and are adults for only short periods of time:

• Type 1
• Type 2
• Type 3
• Zebras