How Populations Grow

Which of the following is an example of a population?

• all trees in a forest.
• all plants in a forest.
• all maple trees in a forest. 
• all animals in a forest.

The number of wild horses per square kilometer in a prairie is the horse populations

• density. 
• dispersion. 
• size. 
• birth rate.

Which of the following is one of the main properties used to describe a population?

• number of individuals
• number of species
• color of individuals
• kind of adaptations

In which of the following patterns of population do organisms have an unpredictable distribution?

• Random
• Clumped
• Uniform
• All of the above.

In which of the following patterns of population are organisms clustered together in groups?

• Random
• Clumped
• Uniform
• All of the above.

Which of the following populations has a random dispersion?

• flock of flamingoes
• herd of bison
• pine trees in a pine forest
• solitary snakes in a desert

A _____________ country has a high population density.

• sparsely populated 
• densely populated
• overpopulated
• open

If over a long period of time each pair of adults in a population had only two offspring and the offspring lived to reproduce. If each offspring pairs with a mate and produces two offspring, then the population would __________ over time.

• grow.

• remain the same.

• shrink.

• disperse randomly.

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What is a population?

• all members of a species that live in a specified area
• all of the groups in an ecosystem
• a family of animals that live in the same group
• the biotic and abiotic parts of an ecosystem

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The movement of individuals into an area is called

• demography
• carrying capacity
• immigration
• emigration