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APES Unit 3

Total questions: 52

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What growth model has an J-shaped curve?

a)

Logistic

b)

Exponential

2.

What growth model has an S-shaped curve?

a)

Logistic

b)

Exponential

3.

When a population has unlimited resources, and it continues to grow to its FULL LIVING POTENTIAL, it is called

a)

Peak

b)

Top shelf

c)

Resource controlled limit

d)

Biotic potential

4.

factors that affect a population depending on its size​

- these include food, predation, parasitism, and disease​

a)

Density-Dependent factor

b)

Density-Independent factors

5.

affect all populations similarly regardless of population size.​ Examples include: natural disasters, rapid climate changes (drought or floods), and human activity and disturbances ​

a)

Density-Dependent factors

b)

Density-Independent factors

6.

Describes how many individuals of different ages make up a population​

a)

Age Structure

b)

Age Layout

c)

The youths collation

d)

Age Spread

7.

Which population has the greatest potential for rapid growth?

a)

Populations with a large number of middle aged individuals

b)

Older populations

c)

Populations with large numbers of young offspring

d)

None of these

8.

Population pyramids measure:

a)

Age and Gender

b)

Gender and Race

c)

Age and Race

d)

Land size

9.

What age groups does the bottom of a population pyramid represent?

a)

The elderly

b)

The working adults

c)

The children

d)

Males

10.

What growth rate does this population pyramid represent?

a)

Rapid Growth

b)

Slow Growth

c)

Negative Growth

d)

Zero Growth

11.

Lower birth rate

a)

More developed

b)

Less developed

12.

Is this country Developed or Developing?

a)

Developed

b)

Developing

13.
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
14.

Which of the following are density dependent factors?

a)

competition for resources

b)

predation

c)

disease

d)

natural disasters

15.

Which of the following are examples of a density independent factors?

a)

forest fire

b)

seasonal cycles

c)

storms

d)

disease

16.
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
17.
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
18.

What factor describes when populations decrease because animals are moving out of a population?

a)

Emigration

b)

Limiting Factors

c)

Immigration

d)

Exponential Growth

19.
A species described as r-strategist would definitely NOT have which of the following characteristics?
a)
clumped population pattern
b)
much parenting
c)
many offspring
d)
random population pattern
20.
________ grow slowly over time, cares for its young over a long period of time and is usually near the carrying capacity of its ecosystem.
a)
K-strategists
b)
R-strategists
c)
Uniform strategists
d)
environmentalists
21.
Represents the biotic potential of the species
a)
A
b)
B
c)
D
d)
E
22.

Tracks organisms that tend to live long lives (low death rate and high survivorship rate); toward the end of their life expectancies, however, there is a dramatic increase in the death rate.

a)

Type I

b)

Type II

c)

Type III

d)

Type IV

23.

Describes organisms with a high death rate (or low survivorship rate) immediately following birth. Examples include bacteria, fishes, and invertebrates.

a)

Type I

b)

Type II

c)

Type III

d)

Type IV

24.

These organisms typically live in unstable, unpredictable environments & are able to reproduce rapidly (exponentially). They do not take care of their young & are subject to predation.

a)

k-strategist

b)

r-strategist

c)

m-strategist

d)

s-strategist

25.

These organisms occupy stable environments, are larger in size and have longer life expectancies. They produce, during their life spans, fewer offspring, but place a greater investment in each.

a)

k-strategist

b)

r-strategist

c)

m-strategist

d)

s-strategist

26.

Click density dependent factor(s).

a)

competition for resources

b)

predator-prey relationships

c)

parasitism and disease

d)

weather

27.

Click density independent factor(s).

a)

competition for resources

b)

predator-prey relationships

c)

parasitism and disease

d)

weather, natural disaster and man made disturbances

28.

A pattern of survival over time in which there is high survival throughout most of the life span, but then individuals start to die in large numbers as they approach old age.

a)

Type i survivorship

b)

Type ii survivorship

c)

Type iii survivorship

29.

A pattern of survival over time in which there is a relatively constant decline in survivorship throughout most of the life span.

a)

Type ii survivorship

b)

Type i survivorship

c)

Type iii survivorship

30.

A pattern of survival over time in which there is low survivorship early in life with few individuals reaching adulthood.

a)

Type III survivorship

b)

Type II survivorship

c)

Type I survivorship

31.

A generalist species is a species that generally has a wide range of things in their diets as well as a relatively large area of habitat.

a)

Generalists

b)

Specialist

32.

Organisms adapted to narrow habitats, limited food resources, or other specific environmental conditions.

a)

Specialist

b)

Generalist

33.

In 2004 China's CBR was 11.8 the CDR was 6.3. what is the growth rate for China in 2004?

a)

0.38%

b)

0.49%

c)

0.55%

d)

0.68%

34.

Which of the following is most typically associated with the transition form a rural to an urbanized society?

a)

Reduced birth rates

b)

Reduced need for sewage-treatment facilities

c)

Increased rates of population growth

d)

Increased air quality in urban areas

e)

Increased stabilization of microclimate in urban areas.

35.

High birthrate and high death rate means the total population is low

a)

stage 1

b)

stage 2

c)

stage 3

d)

stage 4

e)

stage 5

36.

Which describes the birth and death rate of Stage 3 of the DTM?

a)

The death rate is decreasing and birth rate remains high

b)

Both the death and birth rate are high

c)

The death rate is low but the birth rate is high

d)

Both the birth rate and death rate are decreasing

37.

Which describes the birth and death rate of Stage 2 of the DTM?

a)

The death rate is decreasing and birth rate remains high

b)

Both the death and birth rate are high

c)

The death rate is low but the birth rate is high

d)

Both the birth rate and death rate are decreasing

38.

In Stage 1, the birth rate is...

a)

High

b)

Falling

c)

Low

39.

In Stage 1, the death rate is...

a)

High

b)

Falling

c)

Low

40.

In Stage 2, the Total Population is...

a)

Growing Slowly

b)

Growing Quickly

c)

Not Growing

41.

In Stage 3, the Birth Rate is...

a)

High

b)

Dropping quickly

c)

Low

42.

In Stage 4, the Death rate is...

a)

High

b)

Rising

c)

Low

43.

In Stage 4, the Total Population is...

a)

Growing Quickly

b)

Leveling Out

c)

Decreasing Quickly

44.

What stage is this country in?

a)

Stage 1

b)

Stage 2

c)

Stage 3

45.

Which correctly describes the term demographic transition?

a)

The transition from low birth rates and death rates to high birth rates and death rates as a country develops.

b)

The transition from high birth rates and death rates to low birth rates and death rates as a country develops.

c)

The transition from high birth rates to low death rates as a country develops.

d)

The transition from low birth rates to high death rates as a country develops.

46.
What does the graph represent?
a)
Emigration
b)
Exponential growth
c)
Immigration
d)
Logistic Growth
47.
Which limiting factor is independent of the number of individuals in a population?
a)
competition
b)
parasitism/disease
c)
stress
d)
natural disasters
48.

A population is...

a)

All members of one species in one area

b)

All members of all species that live in one area

c)

All of the living and nonliving things in an area

d)

None of these

49.
To measure population density, you must divide the number of individuals living in a defined space by the
a)
area of the space
b)
birth and death rates
c)
carrying capacity
d)
height of the space
50.

Which describes the birth and death rate of Stage 1 of the demographic transition model?

a)

The death rate is high but the birth rate is low

b)

Both the death and birth rate are high

c)

The death rate is low but the birth rate is high

d)

Both the death and birth rate are low

51.

Countries undergoing rapid populations growth include which of the following?

a)

I only

b)

II only

c)

III only

d)

II and III

e)

I, II, and III

52.

A metropolitan area of 100,000 people has 2,000 births, 500 deaths, 200 emigrants, and 100 imigranats. Calculate the population growth rate.

a)

1.2 percent

b)

1.4 percent

c)

1.6 percent

d)

1.8 percent