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Population Quiz

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The rate at which the number of individuals in a population increases in a given time period

a)

Growth Rate

b)

Density Rate

c)

Expansion Rate

d)

Increase Rate

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 increase.
b)
It will decrease.
c)
It will stay the same.
d)
It will fluctuate.
4.
Any thing or organism that regulates the size of a population of another organism is known as __________.
a)
a limiting measure
b)
a limiting factor
c)
factorization
d)
materialization of precipitation
5.
number of organisms per certain area
a)
carrying capacity
b)
limiting factor
c)
total population
d)
population density
6.
When organisms move out of the population, this is known as
a)
emigration
b)
abandonment
c)
immigration
d)
succession
7.
If the death rate of a population is greater than the birthrate, the population decreases.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
What is population density?
a)
The number of people living across Europe.
b)
The number of plants occupying an area.
c)
The number of people living in an area.
d)
The number of insects in an ecosystem.
9.
What does birth rate mean?
a)
The number of babies born per 1000 of the population.
b)
The number of babies that live in a country.
c)
The number of babies born per 100 of the population.
d)
The number of babies born per 1000 of the population per year.
10.
Difference between birth and death rates 
a)
Mortality 
b)
Fertility 
c)
Doubling time 
d)
Natural Increase
11.
Rate of deaths 
a)
Mortality 
b)
Fertility 
c)
Longevity 
d)
Durability 
12.
What is life expectancy?
a)
The expected life span of a person at birth.
b)
 The average number of kids each female has over her lifetime.
c)
The number of babies that do not live for every 1000 births.
13.
What is death rate?
a)
Nations whose economy and educational systems are growing and improving.
b)
The number of babies that do not live for every 1000 births.
c)
 Number of deaths for every 1000 people.
d)
The expected life span of a person at birth.
14.

What is the study of human population and how it changes over time?

a)

Geography

b)

History

c)

Alchemy

d)

Demography

15.

Population is...?

a)

all the inhabitants of a particular town, area, or country.

b)

a group of people assembled for religious worship.

c)

an extensive fire which destroys a great deal of land or property.

d)

modern popular culture transmitted via the mass media and aimed particularly at younger people.

16.

The number of old and young dependents, who don't work, compared with the working age population is...?

a)

Comparison Dynamic

b)

Replacement Rate

c)

Equivalent Exchange

d)

Dependency Ratio

17.

The average age that a person in a given population can expect to live to is called...?

a)

Life Expectancy

b)

Age Limit

c)

Potential Growth Capstone

d)

Ideal Age Anticipation

18.

The total fertility rate needed for a population to replace itself is called...?

a)

Reborn Ratio

b)

Replacer Head

c)

Replacement Rate

d)

Balance Rate

19.

The average number of children a woman in a given population will have in her lifetime is...?

a)

Average Childbearing (ACB)

b)

Total Fertility Rate (TFR)

c)

Expected Childbirth (ECB)

d)

Average Fertility Scale (AFS)

20.

A sudden dramatic increase in the birth rate is...?

a)

Birth Boom

b)

Child Growth

c)

Baby Boom

d)

Infant Population Growth (IPG)

21.

The graph that shows population changeover time is...?

a)

Growth Over Time Model (GOTM)

b)

Population Demographic Graph (PDG)

c)

Population Transition Graph (PTG)

d)

Demographic Transition Model (DTM)

22.

The image above is a...?

a)

Population Pyramid

b)

Population Chart

c)

Population Model

d)

Population Parallelogram