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Chapter 4 Review for Midterm

Total questions: 48

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

People leaving (moving away from) a country is called

a)

Immigration

b)

Emigration

c)

Mass migration

d)

Urbanization

2.

To enter and live in (moving into) a new country

a)

Emigration

b)

Immigration

c)

Urbanization

d)

Industrialization

3.

The amount of individuals in a population that die is called:

a)

Death Rate (Mortality)

b)

RIP

c)

Death Decrease

d)

Decline in Population

4.

All of the following are examples of Density-Independent Factors except

a)

The 1918 Flu

b)

Hurricane Milton

c)

The Great Floods of China in 1931

d)

2011 Japan Earthquake and Tsunami

5.

Besides the birth rate, this term will also help a population increase.

a)

Immigration

b)

Emigration

c)

Food

d)

Friends

6.

The number of people an area can support on a sustained basis is called its...

a)

Population

b)

Carrying Capacity

c)

Equilibrium

d)

Happy Place

7.

What happens in this graph?

a)

Logistic Growth

b)

Exponential Growth

c)

S-Curve

d)

Death

8.

Which Age Structure shows slow growth?

a)

Left

b)

Middle

c)

Right

9.

Which population is clumped?

a)

Image to the left

b)

Image in the middle

c)

Image to the right

10.

What does a country's "Carrying Capacity" mean?

a)

The capacity for globalization within ethnic groups.

b)

How much weight a country can carry.

c)

The amount of life that can be supported and sustained.

d)

The ability of immigrants to provide resources to host.

11.

Humans will reach zero population growth when...

a)

birth rate equals death rate

b)

carrying capacity is reached

c)

humans stop giving birth

d)

the world's population stops growing

12.

The life expectancy in the United States is younger than 70 years old.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Since the early 1800s, the world’s population has...

a)

increased slowly

b)

exponentially grown

c)

decreased slowly

d)

decreased quickly

14.

All of the following are reasons for the population explosion except:

a)

babies surviving infancy

b)

modern medicine

c)

the Industrial Revolution

d)

a higher population density

15.

If a population grows larger than its environmental carrying capacity, then

a)

death rate may rise.

b)

death rate may fall significantly.

c)

birth rate may rise significantly.

d)

immigration rate may increase.

16.

Human population still shows exponential growth.

a)

true

b)

false

17.

The number of births compared to the total number of people in a population

a)

death rate

b)

birth rate

c)

baby boom

d)

doubling time

18.

If a population grows too large, too quickly, then this can happen:

a)

disease can spread easily

b)

world can run out of resources

c)

basic health care will be difficult to provide

d)

All of these answers

19.

The number of organisms per unit area is

a)

Dispersion

b)

Population Growth Rate (PGR)

c)

Population Density

d)

Population

20.

All of the following are examples of Density-Independent Factors except

a)

Hurricane Helene

b)

2011 Japan Earthquake and Tsunami

c)

The Great Floods of China in 1931

d)

1918 Influenza (The 1918 Flu)

21.

All of the following are examples of Density-Dependent Factors except

a)

Ebola

b)

1918 Influenza (The 1918 Flu)

c)

Hurricane Milton

d)

The Black Plague

22.

Besides the birth rate, this term will also help a population increase.

a)

Friends

b)

Immigration

c)

Emigration

d)

Food

23.

The amount of individuals in a population that die is called:

a)

Death Rate (Mortality)

b)

RIP

c)

Death Decrease

d)

Decline in Population

24.

When the population reaches its _____the growth rate slows down (or humans can die).

a)

Tolerance

b)

Carrying Capacity

c)

Population Growth Rate

d)

Statistical Deviation

25.

Which organism follows a k-strategy for reproduction?

a)

dolphin

b)

mouse

c)

mayfly

d)

mosquito

26.

TRUE or FALSE: The 1918 Influenza Epidemic killed over 600,000 American and 20 to 40 million people worldwide. This is an example of a density-independent factor.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

TRUE or FALSE: Competition between organisms for resources such as food or space may increase when population size increases.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

A change in population from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates.

a)

Demography

b)

Demographic Transition

c)

Population Change

d)

Mortality

29.

One reason the world is growing so quickly is because...

a)

The world has infinite resources for everyone

b)

Birth rate is higher than death rate

c)

There are more and more places for people to live

d)

Death rate is higher than birth rate

30.

This population pyramid shows...

a)

Rapid growth

b)

Slow growth

c)

Negative growth

31.

This population pyramid shows...

a)

Rapid growth

b)

Slow growth

c)

Negative growth

32.

This population pyramid shows...

a)

Rapid growth

b)

Slow growth

c)

Negative growth

33.

Countries with a rapidly growing population are..

a)

Developed

b)

Developing

34.

Largest number of individuals of a population that the environment can support...  

a)

carrying capacity

b)

population crash

c)

lag phase

d)

mutualism

35.

An environmental factor such as predation, disease, and competition that depends on the number of members in a population per unit

a)

dispersion

b)

density- independent factor

c)

density- dependent factor

36.

Carrying Capacity is

a)

the capacity of what one person can carry per day 

b)

how many animals you have in your daily bag limit at the end of the year

c)

wildebeest at a watering hole with zebras

d)

the maximum number of individuals that the environment can support

37.

Which country is projected to be the most populous in 2050?

a)

India

b)

China

c)

USA

d)

Mexico

38.

What type of growth is shown in the diagram?

a)

exponential growth

b)

logistic growth 

c)

predator-prey cycle

d)

boom-bust curve

39.

The approximate population of the world today is..

a)

less than 7 Million

b)

6 Billion and holding

c)

6.7 Million and slowing

d)

8.1 Billion and growing

40.

The pattern of spacing of a population within an area is called

a)

Emigration

b)

Immigration

c)

Dispersion

d)

Population Density

41.

The number of individuals moving away from a population.

a)

Carrying Capacity

b)

Emigration

c)

Immigration

d)

Population Density

e)

Dispersion

42.

The number of individual moving into a population.

a)

Carrying Capacity

b)

Emigration

c)

Immigration

d)

Population Density

e)

Dispersion

43.

Any factor in the environment that does not depend on the number of members in the population per unit area. (For example: weather-related events)

a)

Dispersion

b)

Population

c)

Density-Independent Factors

d)

Density-Dependent Factors

e)

Population Density

44.

Any factor in the environment that depends on the number of members in a population per unit area.

a)

Population Density

b)

Density-Independent Factors

c)

Density-Dependent Factors

d)

Dispersion

e)

Carrying Capacity

45.

Which organism follows an r-strategy for reproduction?

a)

human

b)

mosquitoes

c)

elephants

d)

dolphins

e)

none of these choices

46.

Which organism follows a k-strategy for reproduction?

a)

elephant

b)

mosquitoes

c)

mouse

d)

fly

e)

none of these choices

47.

Which is a characteristic of exponential population growth?

a)

Growth rate is inversely proportional to population size.

b)

Initial population growth is rapid.

c)

Resources are consumed exponentially during all phases.

d)

The lag phase follows rapid growth.

48.

Which correctly describes the term demographic transition?

a)

The transition from low birth rates and death rates to high birth rates and death rates as a country develops.

b)

The transition from high birth rates and death rates to low birth rates and death rates as a country develops.

c)

The transition from high birth rates to low death rates as a country develops.

d)

The transition from low birth rates to high death rates as a country develops.