Chapter 5 - Populations Exam (Make-up)

The primary factors affecting population growth include birthrate, death rate, immigration, and...

• Emigration

• density

• demography

• geographic range

If you were looking at a graph representing growth of a bacterial population under ideal conditions, which of the following correctly describes the growth curve you would observe?

• limiting growth

• exponential growth

• demographic growth

• logistical growth

The maximum number of individuals of a particular species that a particular environment can support is its...

• Carrying capacity

• age structure

• population

• logistic growth

Which would be least likely to be affected by a density- dependent limiting factor?

• a small scattered population

• population with high birthrate

• a large dense population

• a population with high immigration rate

Which of the following is a density-independent limiting factor?

• a struggle for food, water, space, or sunlight

• predator/ prey relationships

• flood damage from hurricane

• parasitism and disease

The study of population is

• survivorship

• demography

• age structure

• migration

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During Stage 2 of a population's demographic transition, the death rate

• increases

• decreases

• remains the same

• is zero

Which of the following is an EXAMPLE of a limiting factor?

• Water

• Reduced competition

• Migration

• Thick fur

_{What is the carrying capacity of the graph?}

• around 500
• more than 500
• less than 500
• around 600

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The anticipated human population by the year 2050 is about

• 5 Billion

• 9 Billion

• 10 Billion

• 8 Billion