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Changing Populations Vocabulary Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the birth rate?

a)

The removal of large areas of forests

b)

The instinctive seasonal movement of a population

c)

The number of individuals that die over a given time period

d)

The number of offspring produced over a given time period

2.

What defines a death rate?

a)

A species that has died out

b)

The number of individuals that die over the same time period

c)

A species with few members left in the wild

d)

The number of offspring produced over a given time period

3.

What is an extinct species?

a)

The instinctive seasonal movement of a population

b)

A species with few members left in the wild

c)

A species whose population is at risk of extinction

d)

A species that has died out and no individuals are left

4.

What characterizes an endangered species?

a)

The removal of large areas of forests

b)

A species with few members left in the wild

c)

A species whose population is at risk of extinction

d)

A species that has died out

5.

What is a threatened species?

a)

A species that has died out

b)

A species whose population is at risk of extinction

c)

A species with few members left in the wild

d)

The instinctive seasonal movement of a population

6.

What is migration?

a)

The removal of large areas of forests

b)

The instinctive seasonal movement of a population of organisms from one place to another

c)

The number of individuals that die over the same time period

d)

The number of offspring produced over a given time period

7.

What is deforestation?

a)

The removal of large areas of forests for human purposes

b)

A species that has died out

c)

The instinctive seasonal movement of a population

d)

A species with few members left in the wild

8.

How is population change measured?

a)

By the removal of large areas of forests

b)

By the instinctive seasonal movement of a population

c)

By the number of extinct species

d)

By the population’s birthrate and death rate

9.

What is exponential growth?

a)

The removal of large areas of forests

b)

The number of individuals that die over the same time period

c)

The number of offspring produced over a given time period

d)

Growth whose rate becomes ever more rapid in proportion to the growing total number or size

10.

What is predation?

a)

A species with few members left in the wild

b)

The removal of large areas of forests

c)

The instinctive seasonal movement of a population

d)

The hunting of organisms for food

11.

Which term describes a species with no individuals left?

a)

Migratory species

b)

Endangered species

c)

Threatened species

d)

Extinct species

12.

Which term refers to a species at risk of extinction?

a)

Endangered species

b)

Extinct species

c)

Threatened species

d)

Predatory species

13.

Which term describes the removal of forests for human use?

a)

Exponential growth

b)

Predation

c)

Deforestation

d)

Migration

14.

What is the term for the rapid increase in population size?

a)

Migration

b)

Exponential growth

c)

Predation

d)

Deforestation

15.

Which term describes the seasonal movement of organisms?

a)

Deforestation

b)

Migration

c)

Exponential growth

d)

Predation