Population Dynamics Quiz 1

Two quantities that can increase the size of a population are...

• Births

• Immigration

• Deaths

• Emigration

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Which scenario BEST explains why there was population growth in Chicopee between 1860 and 1960?

• There were more births than deaths.

• There were more immigrants than emigrants.

• There were more births and immigrants than deaths and emigrants.

• There were more births than emigrants.

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Which graph shows a population growing with limited resources?

• The graph on the LEFT

• The graph on the right

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Imagine that a bay can only hold enough food for eight sharks. 40 sharks immigrate into the bay.

What will most likely happen to the shark population size in the future?

• The population will decrease because it is over the carrying capacity.

• The population will INCREASE because there will be even more immigration.

• The population will stay at 40 sharks because of emigration.

• The population will INCREASE because it is over the carrying capacity.

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The graph shows the global population size of blue whales between 1930 and 2010. Based on the graph, the carrying capacity of the blue whales during this time was about...

• 60,000 whales

• 5,000 whales

• 0 whales

• 45,000 whales

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Which of the following best explains why the global blue whale population size decreased after 1930?

• The blue whales were above carrying capacity, so there were more deaths than births.

• A lot of blue whales died.

• The blue whales were below carrying capacity, so there were fewer births.

• The blue whales died a lot, so their carrying capacity changed.

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