Population Ecology Quiz

What is the geographic distribution of a population?

• The number of individuals per unit area

• The way individuals are spaced out about their range

• The area inhabited by a population

What does population density represent?

• The number of individuals per unit area

• The way individuals are spaced out about their range

• The area inhabited by a population

What are the three types of population distribution?

• Random, uniform, and clumped

• Exponential, logistic, and carrying capacity

• Births, deaths, and immigration

What factors affect population growth?

• Births, deaths, immigration, and emigration

• Exponential and logistic growth

• Competition, predation, and parasitism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What is the carrying capacity of a population?

• The number of individuals per unit area

• The largest number of individuals that a given environment can support

• The ages of individuals and how many are male and female

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What is the equation for logistic growth?

• dNdt = rN (K - NK)

• dNdt = rN (K + NK)

• dNdt = rN (K / NK)

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NGSS.HS-LS2-1

What are density dependent limiting factors?

• Factors that affect a population more seriously as the population density increases

• Factors that are not dependent on population density

• Factors that limit population growth indefinitely

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What are density independent limiting factors?

• Factors that are not dependent on population density

• Factors that limit population growth indefinitely

• Factors that affect the carrying capacity of a population

What is demography?

• The number of individuals per unit area

• The way individuals are spaced out about their range

• The scientific study of human populations

What is the demographic transition?

• The number of individuals per unit area

• The way individuals are spaced out about their range

• The change in birth and death rates as a country develops

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4