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Populations (Bio Chapt. 5)

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

_________________ is a group of the same species which live in the same place at the same time.

a)

Individual

b)

Population

c)

Community

d)

Ecosystem

2.

Which of the following are factors that impact population growth?

a)

Births

b)

Deaths

c)

Migration

d)

Niche

3.

On the graph, which type of the three survivorship curves has HIGH mortality EARLY in life?

a)

Type I

b)

Type II

c)

Type III

d)

None of the curves

4.

On the graph, which type of the three survivorship curves has HIGH mortality LATE in life?

a)

Type I

b)

Type II

c)

Type III

d)

None of the curves

5.

Using the graph for reference, which type of the three survivorship curves is associated with HIGH parental care?

a)

Type I

b)

Type II

c)

Type III

d)

None of the curves

6.

Using the graph for reference, which type of the three survivorship curves is associated with having MANY offspring?

a)

Type I

b)

Type II

c)

Type III

d)

None of the curves

7.

Which of the following is NOT a property of a population?

a)

Size

b)

Density

c)

Dispersion

d)

Color

8.

Which of the following limiting factors are density-DEPENDENT?

(choose more than 1)

a)

Parasitism

b)

Disease

c)

Hurricane

d)

Flood

9.

What does line K on the graph represent?

a)

Carrying Capacity

b)

Logistic Growth

c)

Exponential Growth

d)

Predator-Prey Relationships

10.

What is happening to a population experiencing exponential growth?

a)

The Ecosystem is meeting all of its needs.

b)

There is no carrying capacity for the ecosystem.

c)

There are never going to be limiting factor in the ecosystem.

d)

That population is just really lucky.

11.

Once a population reaches carrying capacity, what is likely to happen next?

a)

The population remains at a constant level below carrying capacity.

b)

The population fluctuates near the carrying capacity.

c)

The rate of population increase begins to slow down.

d)

The population increases exponentially

12.

A student is mapping trees in a section of land. She observes that some of the trees are clumped together, some are uniformly separated, and some appear to be spaced randomly. What is she describing?

a)

The population dispersion

b)

The population density

c)

The growth of the population

d)

The outline of the population