Population Growth Answers

0 verified answers2 views
1
Free Preview

Which type of population growth is shown in this graph?

Question illustration
A
exponential
B
logistic
C
linear
D
limited
2
Free Preview

Which type of growth can occur only when a population has unlimited resources?

A
limited
B
logistic
C
exponential
D
negative
3

The overall population of a species has increased. What could have occurred to allow this to happen?

A
The emigration rate is greater than the death rate.
B
The death rate of the population is greater than the immigration.
C
The birth rate of the population is less than the death rate.
D
The immigration of the population is greater than the emigration.
4

Based on this population growth graph, what can be concluded about the population?

Question illustration
A
The rabbit population grows exponentially.
B
The rabbit population had many limiting factors in the first ten years.
C
The birth rate equals the death rate for a majority of the twenty-year period.
D
The carry capacity is around 0.4 million.
5

A scientist was studying a population of elephants. The first year, he counted a population of 80. Over the next eight years, the population’s numbers were 94, 100, 103, 110, 125, 120, 125, 120. What appears to be the carrying capacity for this population?

A
120
B
124
C
125
D
126
6

Which type of population growth is shown in this graph?Population of Bacteria

Question illustration
A
exponential
B
linear
C
logistic
D
limited
7

What do birth rate, death rate, immigration, and emigration determine about a population?

A
carrying capacity
B
population growth
C
population type
D
limiting factors
8

What would most likely happen to the chipmunk population in 2014 if the population went up to 22 million in 2013?

Question illustration
A
The chipmunk population would continue to increase.
B
The carrying capacity would increase.
C
The chipmunk population would crash.
D
The death rate would decrease.
9

A population of sixteen emu grew to thirty-nine in one year. After two years, the population had grown to forty-eight. The maximum number of emu that the environment can support is approximately sixty due to limited resources such as food and water. What is the carrying capacity of the emu population?

A
sixteen
B
thirty-nine
C
forty-eight
D
sixty
10

The maximum number of wolves that can survive in a particular forest is 230. What is this number called?

A
limit capacity
B
carrying capacity
C
limiting factor
D
logistic factor

Did you find these answers helpful?