Introduction into population growth

Which of the following describes a population?

• The total number of people, animals, and plants in New York City

• The total number of apartments in New York City

• The total number of people living in New York City

• The amount of water in the Hudson River

If a disease destroying wheat plants in a field swept through an ecosystem, what would happen to the bird population that feed off of the wheat in the the field ?

• The bird population would stay the same

• The bird population would increase

• The bird population would decrease

Will competition increase or decrease the population of a species of animals?

• Decrease

• Increase

A population is...

• A group of one species in one area
• Multiple species that live in one area
• All of the living and nonliving things in an area
• None of these

A population must be of the same ________________?

• Color

• Gender

• Age

• Species

A population must be of the same ________________?

• Color

• Gender

• Age

• Species

Growth rate of our global population has been ..............

• Rapidly increasing

• Rapidly decreasing

• slowly increasing

• slowly decreasing

What historical events led to significant changes in population?

• Health care

• France revolution

• Industrial Revolution

• Agricultural Revolution

According to Malthus the exponential growth ............continue forever

• can

• cannot

What is the type of world growth?

• Exponential

• Logistic