Biological Populations Quiz

What is population growth?

• Increase in the number of individuals in a population over time.

• Decrease in the number of individuals in a population over time.

• The average number of individuals in a population.

• The movement of individuals from one population to another.

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Which of the following factors can cause a population to grow?

• high birth rates, low death rates, and immigration,

• high death rates, low birth rates, and emigration

• low birth rates, high death rates, emigration, and lack of healthcare

• low birth rates, low death rates, emigration, and lack of healthcare

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What is population density?

• Population density is the average age of a population.

• Population density is the total number of individuals in a population.

• Population density is the number of individuals per unit time.

• Population density is the number of individuals per unit area or volume.

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Which of the following factors can affect population density?

• geographical location, natural disasters, technological advancements

• education level, healthcare system, cultural practices

• birth rate, death rate, immigration, emigration, and availability of resources

• climate change, economic growth, political stability

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What is population size?

• Number of females in a group or area.

• Average number of individuals in a group or area.

• Number of males in a group or area.

• Total number of individuals in a group or area.

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Which of the following factors can affect population size?

• education level

• weather conditions

• birth rate, death rate, immigration, and emigration

• political stability

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What is exponential growth?

• A rapid increase in a population over time

• A stagnant quantity that remains constant over time.

• A sudden increase in a population that eventually levels off

• A gradual decrease in quantity over time with a constant percentage growth rate.

What is logistic growth?

• A type of population growth that levels off as it reaches its carrying capacity.

• A type of population growth that is only observed in plants.

• A type of population growth that decreases over time.

• A type of population growth that continues to increase indefinitely.

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What is carrying capacity?

• Maximum number of individuals an environment can support

• The number of individuals that have migrated from one environment to another

• The average number of individuals an environment can support

• The minimum number of individuals an environment can support

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Which of the following factors can influence carrying capacity?

• climate change, human activities, genetic variation

• migration, population density, natural disasters

• availability of resources, competition for resources, predation, disease, and environmental conditions

• age structure, birth rate, death rate

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