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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following best describes a population?members of the same species living in the same place at the same timeall the red birds in an areaall types of organisms living in the same placeall members of the same species
- 2. Multiple ChoiceThe relationship between a Canadian lynx and a snowshoe hare is an example ofparasite and hostpredator and preycompetitionmutualism
- 3. Multiple ChoiceOver a long period of time, each pair of adults in a population had only two offspring and the offspring lived to reproduce, the population would...growshrinkremain the samedisperse randomly
- 4. Multiple ChoiceProfessionals who study and make predictions about human populations are calledstenographersdemographersgeologistspopulists
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhich factor contributed most to the exponential growth of the human population?more food, better hygienehigher birth rateshigher fertility ratesincreased immigration
- 6. Multiple Choice
Because birth rates have begun to fall, Earth's population will most likely
soon stabilize at the level it is today-about 7 billion
begin to decrease until it reaches 5 billion
increase for a short time and then decrease to current levels
stabilize somewhere around 9 billion by 2050
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is NOT a strategy that could slow population growth?public advertisingeconomic incentiveslegal punishmentslimiting education for women
- 8. Multiple ChoiceIf the death rate of a population is greater than the birthrate, the population decreases.TrueFalse
- 9. Multiple ChoiceA group of different species that live together and interact in an environment are called a/an ________.communityhabitatpopulationecosystem
- 10. Multiple ChoiceAll of the living and nonliving things in an area that interact with each other are called a/an ______.communityhabitatpopulationecosystem
- 11. Multiple Choice
The average number of people per square milepopulation distributionpopulation densityurbanizationpopulation rate - 12. Multiple ChoiceLargest number of individuals of a population that the environment can support...carrying capacitypopulation crashlag phasemutualism
- 13. Multiple Choicenumber of organisms per certain areacarrying capacitylimiting factortotal populationpopulation density
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhen organisms move out of the population, this is known asemigrationabandonmentimmigrationsuccession
- 15. Multiple ChoiceAll of the following are limiting factors exceptimmigrationcompetitionpredation
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat happened to the wolf population between 1980 and 1982?it increased rapidlyit decreased rapidly
- 17. Multiple Choicewhich statement sounds accurate based on the graph data.The zebra and lions do not affect each otherwhen lions population increases, so does the zebra populationWhen the zebra population increases, it causes the lion population to also increasewhen zebra populations go down, the zebra population goes up.
- 18. Multiple Choice
Disease is an example of
density dependent limiting factors
density independent limiting factors
- 19. Multiple Choice
A massive tornado
density dependent limiting factor
density independent limiting factor
- 20. Multiple Choice
exponential growth curve
logistic growth curve
- 21. Multiple Choice
logistic growth curve
exponential growth curve
- 22. Multiple Choice
No two species can occupy the same niche in the same ecosystem
niche divergence
competitive exclusion
competitive inclusion
participation trophy
- 23. Multiple Choice
Which type of survivor has approximately equal numbers of offspring that survive and do not survive?
Type I
Type II
Type III
Type IV
- 24. Multiple Choice
One way Type III survivors make up for the fact that most of their young do not survive is
having fewer offspring
having more offspring
emigrating to another ecosystem
longer gestation periods
- 25. Multiple Choice
What is environmental resistance?
fluctuations in birth rate
factors such as drought and disease than tend to limit the population
fluctuations in death rate
density-independent limiting factors only
- 26. Multiple Choice
Where is the growth most rapid?
a
b
c
d
- 27. Multiple Choice
Where is competition for resources the lowest?
a
b
c
d
- 28. Multiple Choice
Which letter best represents the carrying capacity for this population?
a
b
c
d
- 29. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is FALSE about the demographic transition that countries go through?
In the final stage, pop is relatively stable & birth rates are close to death rates
In the early stages, birth & death rates are high
When the birth rate is high & the death rate is falling, pop grows rapidly
In the final stage, population is growing rapidly
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