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Populations Practice!

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

If a squirrel is eating the seeds out of a birdfeeder, what type of population reaction would that be?

a)

Predation

b)

Competition

c)

Parasitism

d)

Mutualism

e)

Commensalism

2.

An eagle catches a snake while flying through a field to eat. What type of relationship is this?

a)

Predation

b)

Competition

c)

Parasitism

d)

Mutualism

e)

Commensalism

3.

Barnacles will post themselves on the side of whales. The barnacles do not hurt the whale, but the barnacles gets food scraps from the whales. What type of relationship is this?

a)

Predation

b)

Competition

c)

Parasitism

d)

Mutualism

e)

Comensalism

4.

A water slug swims up to a fish, attaches itself to the fish, and sucks the fish's fluids through its skin. What type of relationship is this?

a)

Predation

b)

Competition

c)

Parasitism

d)

Mutualism

e)

Commensalism

5.

A bird plucks fleas off of a cow, benefitting both the bird and the cow. Also, a butterfly will pollinate a flower and get nutrients from the flower. What type of relationship is this?

a)

Predation

b)

Competition

c)

Parasitism

d)

Mutualism

e)

Commensalism

6.

What term describes a population will reach its maximum size that an ecosystem can support indefinitely?

a)

NIche

b)

Population

c)

Growth Rate

d)

Carrying Capacity

7.

Items that will impact the growth of popualtion, like food, water, shelter, space, and weather, is known as a...

a)

Carrying Capacity

b)

Limiting Factor

c)

Niche

d)

Commensalism

8.

What term shows the birth rate minus death rate?

a)

Growth rate

b)

Life Rate

c)

Age rate

d)

Express Rate

9.

A group of the bears are living in a particular place at the same time.

a)

Population

b)

Ecosystem

c)

Organism

d)

Community

10.

Which term will tell us the amount of penguins in a particular kilometer in the south pole?

a)

Dispersion

b)

Density

c)

Size

d)

Birth Rate

11.

Many animals travel in a herd or a school. What type of dispersion pattern would that be?

a)

Even

b)

Random

c)

Clumped/grouped

d)

Terrestrial

12.

Choose two: Which of the following would be the most likely cause of a large number of density independent deaths in a population?

a)

Winter storms

b)

Disease-causing insects

c)

predators

d)

Elevation

13.

Normally, animals that are the smallest would have the highest reproductive potential. Due to that, which animal would have the highest reproductive potential?

a)

Rabbit

b)

Elephant

c)

Human

d)

Horse

14.

Which of the following would cause competition between the various members in a forest?

a)

A decrease in food supply

b)

An increase in temperature

c)

A new predator shows up.

15.

Which letter represents exponential growth?

a)

a

b)

b

c)

c

d)

z

16.

Which letter on the graph represents logistic/stable growth?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

Z

17.

What is the carrying capacity of this population?

a)

100

b)

250

c)

500

d)

2000

18.

We distributed ages on a graph in a specific population at a specific time. What type of graph are we talking about?

a)

Demographic Transition Model

b)

Life Expectancy Graph

c)

Age structure graph

19.

People will move into and out of a population - what is this referred to?

a)

Arable Land

b)

Life expectancy

c)

Infrastructure

d)

Migration

20.

What is the study of population called?

a)

Demography

b)

Survivorship

c)

Urbanization

d)

Infrastructure

21.

We use this land to grow crops

a)

brable land

b)

arable land

c)

secondary land

d)

old farm land

22.

Average number of years a person is likely to live.

a)

Demographic Transition

b)

Life Expectancy

c)

Survivorship

d)

Urbanization

23.

The percentage of members of a group who are likely to survive to a given age

a)

Demography

b)

Survivorship

c)

Life expectancy

d)

Infrastructure

24.

Buildings, schools, restaurants, facilities, services, and roads are considered....

a)

Infrastructure

b)

Demographic transition

c)

Age structure

d)

Developed countries

25.

We looked at a graph that described how changes in a population will occur. What is that graph called?

a)

Urbanization

b)

Age structure graphs

c)

Demographic Transition Model

26.

What do we call movement from rural areas to urban areas?

a)

Urbanization

b)

Survivorship

c)

Age Structure

d)

Arable Land

27.

An increase in water-borne diseases could possibly be alleviated (reduced) by

a)

Adequate sewage treatment facilities

b)

sufficient fuelwood

c)

very rapid growth of large cities

28.

Why did the population increase/double?

a)

high birth rates and lowered death rates

b)

Low birth rates and high death rates

c)

High birth rates and high death rates

d)

The Hunter-Gatherer period

29.

Which of the following is a reason that wood is considered a limited resource in many developing countries?

a)

Wood is used in place of money to buy food.

b)

People cut down trees faster than they can grow to boil water in order to purify it.

c)

The excess wood is burned.

d)

Excess wood is used to construct shantytowns.

30.

A country with an age distribution like that shown in diagram B is most likely a country that...

a)

Is experiencing rapid growth

b)

Is experiencing a slow to no population growth

c)

Is experiencing a high birth rate

d)

Is a developing country

31.

A country that would best represent diagram B is...

a)

United States

b)

Mexico

c)

India

d)

China

32.

1. In diagram B, approximately what percent of this countries males and females are under age 15?

a)

8%

b)

16%

c)

24%

d)

50%

33.

Look at the age structure graph. Click the stages that has a stable/unchanging population growth.

a)

Stage 1

b)

Stage 2

c)

Stage 3

d)

Stage 4

34.

Back in time (like in stage 1), death rates were VERY high. Why were they so high?

a)

Infants died due to disease.

b)

Lots of elderly people were dying.

c)

The reproductive age of females was 9 during that time.

35.

In a demographic transition model, what is the FIRST thing to decrease?

a)

Average family sizes

b)

Level of education

c)

Demographic Stability

d)

Death Rates

36.

Why do you think the population grew during stage 2?

a)

Many revolutions were introduced, bringing health, medical, and industrial advances.

b)

Death rates are decreasing.

c)

Birth rates are still high.

d)

All of the above.

37.

If we have individuals moving into a population, we call it ____________, but if people are moving from cities to neighborhoods, it's called ___________.

a)

Immigration/Mutualism

b)

Immigration/Suburban Sprawl

c)

Industrialization/Exponential Growth

d)

Suburban Sprawl/Immigration