Population Growth Quiz

Which of the following graphs represents a population undergoing logistic growth?

• Graph A

• Graph B

• Graph C

• Graph D

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Changes in a population of wild horses are shown in the graph below. Which statement best explains the section of the graph labeled X?

• The horses are no longer in competition for resources with other species.

• Interbreeding is occurring between members of different species.

• Predation is low & resources are high.

• The horse population has reached the carrying capacity of its environment.

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Which of the following scenarios represents a density-independent limit on population?

• Caribou population growth is limited as a result of grass depletion.

• Porcupine population growth is limited by the spread of disease.

• Box turtle population growth is regulated by a hurricane that destroys their nests.

• Woodpecker population growth is regulated by opossum predation of woodpecker eggs.

Which population is limited by a density-dependent factor?

• A deer population is reduced as a result of a forest fire.

• A local wolf population experiences a lethal epidemic of parvovirus.

• Many eggs in a population of frogs are destroyed due to a drought.

• A population of rams is decimated by an earthquake.

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Which of the following best explains why predators and their prey have similar population cycles?

• An increase or decrease in one population directly affects the other.

• Both populations develop similar adaptations that help them survive during severe environmental changes.

• Populations that live in the same ecosystem often have similar life cycles.

• The predators & prey are in direct competition with one another.

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The number of organisms per unit area or volume is called:

• Population density

• Population distribution

• Population growth

• Population limit

The territoriality of birds causes what type of distribution of the organisms?

• Random

• Clumped

• Uniform

• All of the above

Only abiotic factors can be limiting factors. True or False?

• True

• False

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Most populations are distributed:

• Uniformly

• Randomly

• In clumps

• Evenly

Populations increase in size when:

• The birth rate exceeds the death rate.

• Emigration exceeds immigration.

• Mortality exceeds natality.

• None of the above