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APES - Population

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A group of individuals of the same species living in the same area is a/an

a)

population

b)

community

c)

ecosystem

d)

biome

2.

Which of the following would increase population size? mark all that apply

a)

immigration

b)

emigration

c)

increased birth rates

d)

increased death rates

3.
What are the Abiotic factors in this image? 
a)
water, sunlight, dirt, air
b)
birds and plants
c)
birds, water, dirt
d)
plants, water
4.
The maximum number of organisms that can survive in a particular ecosystem.
a)
carrying capacity
b)
birth rate
c)
limiting factor
d)
death rate
5.

When the availability of food, water, space and shelter become less than what populations need.

a)

carrying capacity

b)

limiting factor

c)

exponential growth

d)

population density

6.
What is the carrying capacity of the graph?
a)
around 500
b)
more than 500
c)
less than 500
d)
around 600
7.
What type of growth is represented behind?
a)
exponential
b)
logistics
c)
a good kind
d)
representative
8.
What is the carrying capacity of the following graph?
a)
1000
b)
8000
c)
800
d)
600
9.
What point on the graph represents the carrying capacity?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
10.
What factor describes when populations decrease because animals are moving out of a population?
a)
Emigration
b)
Limiting Factors
c)
Immigration
d)
Exponential Growth
11.

Which limiting factor would increase due to an increase in population density?

a)

Unusual weather

b)

Natural disaster

c)

Births

d)

Disease

12.

What does the graph represent?

a)

Emigration

b)

Exponential growth

c)

Immigration

d)

Logistic Growth

13.
An environmental factor such as storms and extreme heat or cold that affects population regardless of their density
a)
density- dependent factor
b)
population density
c)
dispersion
d)
density- independent factor
14.
What will happen to the population when the death rate is larger than the birth rate?
a)
grow
b)
shrink
c)
stay the same
d)
None of these
15.
Look at the population pyramid. The poplation shown will:
a)
increase
b)
decrease
c)
remain stable
d)
not enough information to tell
16.
Non-living factor that affects an ecosystem
a)
biotic factor
b)
abiotic factor
c)
food chain 
d)
biome
17.
To find population density:
a)
population divided by growth rate
b)
population divided by area
c)
growth rate divided by population
d)
density divided by population
18.
The number of males compared to females in a population is the
a)
Age Structure
b)
Fertility Rate
c)
Demography
d)
Sex Ratio
19.
What is shown by an age structure diagram?
a)
where people of different ages are located in an area
b)
the death rates for males and females in each age group
c)
the total fertility rates for each age group
d)
the number of males and females there are in each age group
20.

Water lilies do not grow in desert sand because water availability to these plants in a desert is


a)

a limiting factor.

b)

a competition factor.

c)

the logistic growth curve.

d)

the carrying capacity.

21.

Which of the graphs below shows exponential growth?

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
22.

Which of the graphs below shows logistical growth?

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
23.

Based on this age structure, which of the following countries would be predicted to have rapid growth in the upcoming generations?

a)

Bulgaria

b)

Saudi Arabia

c)

Austria

d)

Greece

24.

Which of the following statements about total fertility rate is correct

a)

TFR is equal to the crude birth rate minus the crude death rate.

b)

TFR is the average number of children each woman must have to replace the current population.

c)

TFR is generally higher in developed countries than in developing countries

d)

TFR is equal to the growth rate of a country

e)

TFR is the average number of children each woman will give birth to during her childbearing years.

25.

Using the rule of 70, a population growing at 10% would double in

a)

7 years

b)

10 years

c)

17 years

d)

15 years

e)

not enough information to tell

26.

Identify two main contributors for the dramatic increase in the world population over the last century.

a)

increased access to birth control

b)

development of modern medicine

c)

increased immigration

d)

introduction of the Industrial Revolution

27.

Estimated growth rate of organisms living under optimal conditions

a)

biotic potential

b)

boom & bust (cyclic)

c)

linear (constant) growth

d)

logistic growth

28.
Which of the following characteristics are typical of r-selected species?
I. They produce many offspring in a short period of time.
II. They have very low survivorship early in life.
III. They take a long time to reach reproductive maturity.
a)
I only
b)
II only
c)
III only
d)
I and II
29.
Refer to the diagram of the survivorship curve.
Which curve best describes an organism that invests a lot of energy in parenting?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
this is not a survivorship curve
30.
________ grow slowly over time, cares for its young over a long period of time and is usually near the carrying capacity of its ecosystem.
a)
K-strategists
b)
R-strategists
c)
Uniform strategists
d)
environmentalists
31.
A species described as r-strategist would definitely NOT have which of the following characteristics?
a)
clumped population pattern
b)
much parenting
c)
many offspring
d)
random population pattern
32.
These types of organisms which multiply rapidly in numbers 
a)
R-strategists
b)
K-strategists
c)
predators
d)
mutualists
33.
What is the appoximate carrying capacity for this population?
a)
1.5
b)
1.75 
c)
1.5 million
d)
1.25 million
34.

Even if a country reduces its birth rate and maintains replacement-level fertility, its population will still continue to grow for several decades because of

a)

lower death rates

b)

increased income.

c)

population momentum

d)

better health care.

e)

increased life expectancy.

35.

Populations whose age structure diagrams are narrower at the bottom than at the top have

a)

high death rates

b)

the same proportion of individuals in each age group

c)

a declining population

d)

a high growth rate

e)

all of the above

36.
The sea otter is a(n) ___________ that influences the survival of many other species in its ecosystem.
a)
Cute furry creature
b)
endangered species
c)
keystone species
d)
important animal
37.

A metropolitan region of 100,000 people has 2000 births, 500 deaths, 200 emigrants, and 100 immigrants over a 1-year period. Its population growth rate is

a)

1.2 percent.

b)

1.4 percent

c)

1.6 percent.

d)

1.8 percent.

e)

2.0 percent.

38.

Tracks organisms that tend to live long lives (low death rate and high survivorship rate); toward the end of their life expectancies, however, there is a dramatic increase in the death rate. (type I = blue line, type II = red line, type III = green line, type IV is none of the lines)

a)

Type I

b)

Type II

c)

Type III

d)

Type IV

39.

Describes organisms with a high death rate (or low survivorship rate) immediately following birth. Examples include bacteria, fishes, and invertebrates. (type I = blue line, type II = red line, type III = green line, type IV is none of the lines)

a)

Type I

b)

Type II

c)

Type III

d)

Type IV

40.
Which of the following is NOT a strategy that could slow population growth?
a)
public advertising 
b)
economic incentives
c)
 legal punishments
d)
limiting education for women
41.

What is the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) of a population at replacement level?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

42.

Which of the following is necessary for a country to progress to stage 3 in the DTM?

a)

Industrial revolution

b)

Increased education for women

c)

Increased access to health care

d)

Increased access to food