APES UNIT 3 Population

At current growth rates, which country will probably be the most populous in the world after 2050?

• China

• Brazil

• India

• Indonesia

• United States

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What does the graph represent?

• Emigration
• Exponential growth
• Immigration
• Logistic Growth

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Which limiting factor is independent of the number of individuals in a population?

• competition
• parasitism/disease
• stress
• natural disasters

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What point on the graph represents the carrying capacity?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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A population is...

• All members of one species in one area

• All members of all species that live in one area

• All of the living and nonliving things in an area

• None of these

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Which factor is a density-dependent limiting factor on the population of a species?

• seasonal variation
• natural disasters
• unusual weather
• predation

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What is happening at the 'A' on the graph?

• the population overshoots above the carrying capacity

• the population stops growing

• growth begins to slow down due to limited resources

• growth is speeding up due to an abundance of resources

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__________ growth shows growth of a population under environmental constraints (carrying capacity-K) that sets a maximum population size 

• logistic
• exponential
• niche
• uniform

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________ grow slowly over time, cares for its young over a long period of time and is usually near the carrying capacity of its ecosystem.

• K-strategists
• R-strategists
• Uniform strategists
• environmentalists

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J-Shaped curves

• show a decline after an increase
• display populations that have reached carrying capacity
• represent exponential growth
• does not depend on the numbe rof resources

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