Discuss the Characteristics of Populations

All the organisms of the same species that live in the same area are called a ________.

• Cluster

• Herd

• Population

• Group

What is the average number of individuals in a population per unit of area or volume?

• population growth

• population density

• population size

What is an example of how a high human population density can affect that population's health?

• Diseases are likely to disappear

• Diseases are likely to travel very quickly throughout the population

• Diseases are likely to travel less quickly throughout the population

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Very large populations are more likely to be at risk of extinction.

• True

• False

The population size is the number of individuals in a population.

• True

• False

The characteristics of a species or its environment may affect the pattern of spacing of individuals in a population.

• True

• False

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_________ describes how individuals are distributed, or spread, throughout their habitat.

• Population density

• Population distribution

The population density of a certain 750 square mile area in 1980 was 1077 people per square mile.

In 1990, the population density was 1137 people per square mile.

In 2000, the population density was 1144 people per square mile.

In 2010, the population density was 1193 people per square mile. Which decade had the smallest percentage increase in population?

• 1990 to 2000

• 2000 to 2010

• 1980 to 2000

• 1980 to 1990

What type of population distribution is this?

• Random

• Clumped

• Uniform

The word's human growth rate is dependent on ________.

• the birth rate

• the death rate

• both