Pre-Assessment Population 3/18

What is the term for the movement of individuals into a population?

• Emigration

• Population distribution

• Population density

• Age structure

• Immigration

What is the scientific study of human populations?

• Age structure

• Population distribution

• Immigration

• Population density

• Demography

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

What is the term for the movement of individuals out of a population?

• Immigration

• Population density

• Population distribution

• Emigration

• Age structure

What type of limiting factor does not depend on population size?

• Immigration

• Population density

• Density independent limiting factor

• Population distribution

• Age structure

What is the term for the number of individuals per unit area?

• Population density

• Age structure

• Immigration

• Population distribution

• Emigration

Which term describes rapid population growth that occurs when the base population is growing at an exponential rate?

• Immigration

• Age structure

• Population distribution

• Population density

• Exponential growth

What is the term for the proportion of people in different age groups in a population?

• Age structure

• Population density

• Population distribution

• Immigration

• Emigration

What is the maximum number of individuals in a population that the environment can support?

• Immigration

• Age structure

• Population distribution

• Population density

• Carrying capacity

Which term refers to the pattern of where people live in a region?

• Emigration

• Immigration

• Age structure

• Population distribution

• Population density

What is a factor that causes population growth to decrease?

• Age structure

• Limiting factor

• Population density

• Immigration

• Population distribution

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4