Factors Influencing Population Growth

Which of the following is a factor that increases population size?

• Emigration

• Immigration

• Death

• Disease

What term describes the number of births in a population over a certain period of time?

• Emigration

• Birth rate

• Death rate

• Carrying capacity

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Which factor directly decreases the size of a population?

• Immigration

• Birth

• Emigration

• Abundance of resources

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What is the term for the maximum number of individuals an environment can support?

• Exponential growth

• Carrying capacity

• Birth rate

• Immigration

Which of the following is a density dependent factor?

• Competition

• Earthquake

• Flood

• Human activity

Which type of population growth is represented by a J-shaped curve?

• Logistic growth

• Exponential growth

• Linear growth

• Declining growth

Which of the following is a density independent factor?

• Predation

• Parasitism

• Natural disaster

• Competition

What happens to a population when it exceeds its carrying capacity?

• It continues to grow rapidly

• It stabilizes or decreases

• It becomes extinct immediately

• It splits into two populations

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Which of the following best describes logistic growth?

• Population grows without limits

• Population growth slows as it approaches carrying capacity

• Population decreases steadily

• Population remains constant

If a disease spreads more easily as population density increases, this disease is an example of which type of factor?

• Density independent

• Density dependent

• Abiotic

• Limiting

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