Population Ecology Quiz
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Name that population pyramid?
A. Stable Growth
B. Developing Country
C. Exponential Growth
D. Negative Growth
Describes how the organisms are spread out from one another.
A. Denisty
B. Volume
C. Distribution
D. Population pattern
an advancement that enabled humans to live longer healthier lives
A. airplanes
B. sewage treatment
C. medicine
D. b and c
Which of the following would not be an example of a density independent factor?
A. predation
B. tornado
C. hurricane
D. fire
Factors like predation can have a positive benefit to the population of prey organisms because predators tend to keep prey populations below their ___________.
A. carrying capacity
B. sustainibility number
C. exponential growth point
D. competition level
At carrying capacity, a population __________.
A. increases rapidly
B. increases slowly
C. decreases slowly
D. is in dynamic equilibrium
Number of organisms per unit area
A. Natality
B. Mortality
C. Fertility
D. Density
Demography is the study of:
A. world economic conditions
B. mountains and other physical features on the landscape
C. urban areas
D. statistics related to the changing structure of human population
Predation, disease and competition are examples of ………………………factors.
A. density-independent
B. dispersal
C. survivorship
D. density-dependent
Which of the following is a density-independent limiting factor?
A. natural disaster
B. predation
C. disease
D. parasitism
Which kind of growth does the human population follow? It is described as a J-shaped curve.
A. Exponential Growth
B. Logistic Growth
C. Outstanding Growth
D. Minimal Growth
What point on the graph represents the carrying capacity?
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
When a country’s population is starting to grow older and live longer what becomes their main concern?
A. care service for the elderly
B. education
C. prenatal care
D. gender equality
What does the graph represent?
A. Emigration
B. Exponential growth
C. Immigration
D. Logistic Growth
Name that population pyramid…
A. Exponential Growth
B. Developing Country
C. Stable Growth
D. Declining Growth
What type of distribution pattern is evenly spaced apart from one another?
A. Uniform
B. Clumped
C. Random
D. Uneven
The number of individuals per unit area.
A. distribution
B. carrying capacity
C. density
D. none of the above
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
What does the graph represent?
A. Emigration
B. Exponential growth
C. Immigration
D. Logistic Growth
This is the most commonly seen distribution pattern. Example: wolves. This is usually because there are resources found in particular areas and the organisms need more space to survive.
A. Random
B. Uniform
C. Clumped
D. Ueven
In a forest ecosystem, which of the following is the best example of a limiting factor for a rabbit population?
A. Squirrel Population
B. Sunlight
C. Grass available
What is the approximate population of men age 65-69 in the US in 2014? (see pyramid)
A. 7.5 million
B. 10.5 million
C. 5 million
D. 12 million
Limiting factors that depend on the density of the population.
A. Density Dependent Limiting Factors
B. Density Independent Limiting Factors
C. Biotic potential
D. Environmental Resistance
Why has the world population dramatically increased?
A. Better medicine
B. Better sanitation
C. Better technology
D. All of the above
Humans have been on an exponential growth curve since the…
A. Industrial Revolution
B. Ice Age
C. Jurassic Period
D. Middle Ages
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