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Populations

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 5hrs 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

All of the organisms in a particular area

a)

migration

b)

demographics

c)

population

d)

census

2.

 American bison, which are large grazing mammals, are most often found close together in small groups.    What might you infer about the spatial distribution of American bison?

a)

Clumped

b)

Uniform

c)

Random

d)

Spatial

3.
A flowering plant has seeds that are carried by the wind. Infer the most likely dispersion pattern of the plants that grow from these seeds.
a)
uniform
b)
clumped groups
c)
random
d)
spatial
4.
number of organisms per certain area
a)
carrying capacity
b)
limiting factor
c)
total population
d)
population density
5.

What is birth rate?

a)

The number of babies born in a specific place during a specific time.

b)

The number od people who died in a specific place during a specific time.

c)

The number of people that comes to a country.

d)

The number of people that leaves a country.

6.

What is death rate?

a)

The number of babies born in a specific place during a specific time.

b)

The number of people who died in a specific place during a specific time.

c)

The number of people that comes to a country.

d)

The number of people that leaves a country.

7.

What is immigration?

a)

The number of babies born in a specific place during a specific time.

b)

The number of people who died in a specific place during a specific time.

c)

The number of people that arrives to a country.

d)

The number of people that leaves a country.

8.

What is emigration?

a)

The number of babies born in a specific place during a specific time.

b)

The number of people who died in a specific place during a specific time.

c)

The number of people that arrives to a country.

d)

The number of people that leaves a country.

9.

Immigration and birth rate helps to...

a)

Increase population

b)

Decrease population

10.

Emigration and death rate helps to...

a)

Increase population

b)

Decrease population

11.
Complete:________ ________ – death rate + immigration rate – emigration rate = growth rate
a)
Growth Rate
b)
Birth Rate
c)
Capacity Rate
d)
Tax Rate
12.
Largest number of individuals of a population that the environment can support...  
a)
carrying capacity
b)
population crash
c)
lag phase
d)
mutualism
13.
Food, water, sunlight, shelter, and space are resources that are often __________.
a)
limiting factors
b)
wet
c)
messy
d)
found in rocks
14.

What is another name for the J-shaped curve

a)

Exponential

b)

Logistic

15.

What is another name for this S-shaped graph?

a)

Exponential

b)

Logistic

16.

For a population to grow exponentially they need....

a)

Unlimited resources

b)

Limited resources

17.

The Red dotted line reperesents what?

a)

Carrying Capacity

b)

Average of population

18.
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
19.
What would the carrying capacity of this graph be
a)
530
b)
400
c)
500
d)
480
20.

Which of the following is a density-independent factor?

a)

Competition

b)

Predation

c)

Disease

d)

Natural Disaster