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Populations (5.1) Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What pattern of population distribution does this school of fish represent?
a)
Random
b)
Uniform
c)
Clumped
d)
Knotted
2.
If the number of births in a population is the same as the number of deaths in a population, what will happen to the growth of the population?
a)
It will increase.
b)
It will decrease.
c)
It will stay the same.
d)
It will fluctuate.
3.
If the number of births is greater than the number of deaths in a population, what will happen to the growth of the population?
a)
It will fluctuate.
b)
It will decrease.
c)
It will stay the same.
d)
It will increase.
4.
What growth pattern describes a population whose growth rate slows or stops following a period of exponential growth?
a)
logistic growth
b)
population growth
c)
exponential growth
d)
predator-prey cycle
5.
What type of growth is shown in the diagram?
a)
exponential growth
b)
logistic growth 
c)
predator-prey cycle
d)
boom-bust curve
6.
What is the carrying capacity for this sheep population?
a)
1.9 million
b)
0.9 million
c)
1.6 million
d)
1.0 million
7.
When a population grows past the ecosystem's carrying capacity, what happens to the population?
a)
Continues to grow
b)
The population starts to die off to return to carrying capcity
c)
The population will go extinct due to lack of resources
d)
The population grows then finds a new carrying capacity
8.
The number of organisms per certain area
a)
carrying capacity
b)
limiting factor
c)
total population
d)
population density
9.
When organisms move out of the population, this is known as
a)
abandonment
b)
emmigration
c)
immigration
d)
succession
10.
Largest number of individuals of a population that the environment can support...  
a)
carrying capacity
b)
population crash
c)
lag phase
d)
mutualism