Population Growth Quiz

What is a population?

• A group of organisms of different species living in the same area

• A group of organisms of different species living in different areas

• A group of organisms of the same species living in different areas

• A group of organisms of the same species living in the same area

What does the population density measure?

• The number of individuals of different species in a particular area

• The number of individuals of the same species in a particular area

• The number of individuals of different species in different areas

• The number of individuals of the same species in different areas

What does the population growth rate indicate?

• The interaction of individuals with the environment

• The number of individuals in a population at a specific time

• The change in population size over time

• The dispersion of individuals within a population

What is the equation to calculate the population growth rate?

• growth rate = birth rate - death rate

• growth rate = birth rate + death rate

• growth rate = birth rate * death rate

• growth rate = birth rate / death rate

What is the maximum population size that can be supported in a particular area without destroying the habitat?

• Limiting factor

• Migration

• Population density

• Carrying capacity

What is the movement of individuals into a population from other areas called?

• Dispersion

• Migration

• Immigration

• Emigration

What are the factors in the environment that can lower the population growth rate called?

• Birth rate

• Death rate

• Limiting factors

• Population density

What is the belief that human population growth cannot continue without destroying the environment?

• Neo-Malthusians

• Cornucopians

• Immigrationists

• Emigrationists

What is the prediction for the Earth's population by 2050 according to the United Nations and the U.S. Census Bureau?

• 12 billion people

• 9.4 billion people

• 6 billion people

• 15 billion people

What is the stage of human population growth where birth rates equal death rates and populations become stable?

• Stage 4

• Stage 3

• Stage 2

• Stage 1