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Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 17mins
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1.
According to the population pyramid of this country, its population is most likely...
a)
growing slowly.
b)
growing rapidly.
c)
decreasing.
d)
not changing.
2.
Which of the following is likely to be affected by a population of 7 billion?
a)
amount of land for agriculture
b)
amount of clean water
c)
number of people who are unemployed
d)
all of the above
3.
All of the following are demographic figures used in determining the total population of a country EXCEPT...
a)
immigration.
b)
birth rate.
c)
death rate.
d)
marriage rate.
4.
One important feature of the world's population with the most significant future implications is that:
a)
the natural increase rate is larger every year.
b)
there are fewer people in the world now than at the peak of the 20th century.
c)
people are uniformly distributed across Earth.
d)
the most rapid growth is occurring in the less developed countries.
5.
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
6.
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.
7.
What type of growth is shown in the diagram?
a)
exponential growth
b)
logistic growth
c)
predator-prey cycle
d)
boom-bust curve
8.
Largest number of individuals of a population that the environment can support...
a)
carrying capacity
b)
population crash
c)
lag phase
d)
mutualism
9.
Plants and animals that are not native to a habitat (nonindigenous)...
a)
predators
b)
biological magnification
c)
invasive species
d)
prey
10.
What do you call a period of rapid growth?
a)
exponential growth
b)
logistic growth
c)
emigration
d)
predator-prey cycle
11.
Which type of growth is best illustrated by this rabbit population?
a)
exponential
b)
logistic
c)
S-shaped
d)
predator-prey
12.
Type of growth that occurs under ideal conditions?
a)
predator-prey cycle
b)
logistic
c)
exponential
13.
What is the approximate carrying capacity of Paramecium aurelia cultured alone?
a)
150
b)
400
c)
450
d)
500
14.
What is the carrying capacity for this sheep population?
a)
1.8 million
b)
1.25 million
c)
1.6 million
d)
1.o million
15.
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
16.
Food, water, sunlight, shelter, and space are resources that are often __________.
a)
limiting factors
b)
wet
c)
messy
d)
found in rocks
17.
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
18.
When organisms move out of the population, this is known as
a)
emigration
b)
abandonment
c)
immigration
d)
succession
19.
A population is...
a)
A group of one species in one area
b)
Multiple species that live in one area
c)
All of the living and nonliving things in an area
d)
None of these
20.
Which of the following are density dependent factors?
a)
competition for resources
b)
predation
c)
disease
d)
natural disasters
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