Population Growth Assessment

What is carrying capacity in terms of population growth?

• The minimum population size needed for survival

• The maximum population size that can be sustained by available resources

• The rate at which a population increases

• The number of individuals leaving a population

During which phase of population growth do organisms reproduce at their maximum rate?

• Death phase

• Lag phase

• Exponential or log phase

• Stationary phase

What is natural increase in population dynamics?

• The difference between immigration and emigration rates

• The total population change over time

• The difference between birth rate and death rate

• The rate of population growth due to technological advances

Which of the following is a "pull factor" in migration?

• Political persecution

• Natural disasters

• Better job opportunities

• War

What characterizes the stationary phase of population growth?

• Birth rate equals death rate

• Birth rate is higher than death rate

• Death rate is higher than birth rate

• No births or deaths occur

Population structure refers to:

• The physical arrangement of individuals in space

• The distribution of ages and sexes in a population

• The genetic makeup of a population

• The social hierarchy within a population

In a population growth curve, what typically follows the log phase?

• Lag phase

• Death phase

• Exponential phase

• Stationary phase

Push factors in migration are:

• Factors that attract people to a new location

• Factors that keep people in their current location

• Factors that force people to leave their current location

• Factors that prevent migration