WorksheetsPopulations Test Prep
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What are the 4 main factors that affect population size?
a)
Birth rate, death rate, predation, hunting
b)
Birth rate, death rate, emigration, immigration
c)
Hunting, murders, births, diseases
d)
Immigration, cures of diseases, lack of resources
2.
Which of the following does NOT correctly describe how populations are affected?
a)
Emigration and Death= decline in population
b)
Immigration and Births = increase in population
c)
Emigration= increase in population and immigration=decrease
d)
Emigration= decrease in population and immigration=increase
3.
What are the three types of population dispersion?
a)
Random, Clumped, Uniform
b)
Rows, Groups, Scattered
c)
Random, Scattered, Uniform
d)
Rows, Uniform, Clumped
4.
Which dispersion type is most common?
a)
#1- Grouped
b)
#2 Uniform
c)
#3 Random
d)
#1- Clumped
5.
Which kind of growth is shown in the graph?
a)
Logistic Growth
b)
Binary Curve
c)
Exponential Growth
d)
A-type Curve
6.
What kinds of conditions does exponential growth occur in?
a)
If a population has abundant space and food, and is protected from predators and disease
b)
Running out of resources like water, food and habitats
c)
Slowly reproducing
d)
If a population dies from diseases and shortages of water
7.
What kind of population growth is shown on the graph?
a)
Binary
b)
Exponential
c)
Logistic
d)
A-type
8.
What kinds of conditions does Logistic growth occur in?
a)
If a population has abundant space and food, and is protected from predators and disease
b)
Limited food supply, predation, increased diseases, the buildup of toxic wastes
c)
Slowly reproducing
d)
If a population dies from diseases and shortages of water
9.
What is carrying capacity?
a)
The population expands to utilize other areas or resources
b)
The maximum population size that can be supported by the available resources
c)
The needs of the population are not met by the environment
d)
The population begins to grow exponentially.
10.
Which of the following describes R Strategists reproduction?
a)
Short life span, many offspring, reproduce young
b)
Small body, long lifespan, provides parental care for young
c)
reproduce slowly, have a lot of young, have small bodies
d)
have large bodies, long life span, and few young
11.
Which of the following describes K Strategists reproduction?
a)
Short life span, many offspring, reproduce young
b)
Small body, long lifespan, provides parental care for young
c)
reproduce slowly, have a lot of young, have small bodies
d)
have large bodies, long life span, and few young
12.
What is an age distribution graph?
a)
a graph that shows how many more elders that babies we have
b)
Distribution of new births in relation to upcoming deaths in a population
c)
Distribution of males and females in each age group of a population, used to predict future population growth
d)
Representation of the number of people in each age group of females
13.
Demography is the study of ___________
a)
Human populations
b)
Human interactions
c)
Human impacts
d)
Human advancement
14.
How is the human population growing?
a)
Logistic
b)
Decreasing
c)
Tertiary
d)
Exponential
15.
If a nation has a lot of young people, does this imply that the growth rate is expanding, decreasing, or stable?
a)
Stable
b)
Expanding
c)
Decreasing
d)
Expanding and Decreasing
16.
What is the replacement birth rate?
a)
the rate at which a population would grow exponentially
b)
the rate at which a population would stay the same
c)
the rate of children born per deaths
d)
the rate at which the population would drastically decrease
17.
What is the replacement birth rate to keep a population stable?
a)
1
b)
2.1
c)
5
d)
2.8
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