APES 6 weeks test go over

Gross domestic product, or GDP, is all the goods and services produced by a country in a single year and is an important key indicator for a country’s economic status and development. Which of these is part of the GPD of a country?

• Personal spending

• Business investment

• Government spending

• Net Exports

• Net Imports

From the figure above, Suburban population increased approximately ____% from 1950 to 2000.

• 100%

• 25%

• 400%

• 300%

The capacity for growth under ideal conditions

• environmental resistance
• logistic growth
• carrying capacity
• biotic potential

In the early 2000s, White Nose fungus caused a mass die-off of native American bat species. Those bats that survived will continue the population with their own allele frequencies.  What type of genetic drift is this?

• Founder Effect
• Bottlenose Effect
• Bottleneck Effect
• Migration Effect

Scientists determined that a dinosaur species had 20% survivorship during the first two years of life, and then had a 70% survivorship to middle age. Survivorship declined later in life. Which of the following best illustrates the shape of the survivorship curve for this species? (Notice the scale is logarithmic).

• A

• B

• C

• D

Populations with an age structure diagram that is narrower at the bottom than at the top have

• high crude death rates.

• a similar number of individuals in each age group.

• a declining native-born population.

• a high growth rate.

• low crude death rates.

What is the approximate carrying capacity of Paramecium aurelia cultured alone?

• 150 Individuals

• 400 Individuals

• 450 Individuals

• 500 Individuals

• 300 Individuals

In developing nations, what is the amount of average children needed for a population to achieve ZPG (Zero population growth)?

• 2.1 per woman

• 1 per woman

• 3 per woman

• 2.6 per woman

At present, Earth’s human population is

• table.

• declining.

• increasing exponentially

• increasing at a constant rate.

• increasing at about 10 percent per year.

In 2010 a country currently had a population of 100 million and an annual growth rate of 3.5 percent. If the growth rate remains constant, what will be the population of this country in 2050?

• 150 million

• 200 million

• 300 million

• 400 million

• 800 million