Population Growth Answers

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

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

A
limited
B
logistic
C
exponential
D
negative
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What would most likely happen to the chipmunk population in 2014 if the population went up to 22 million in 2013?

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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.
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Which is the change in size of a group of organisms of the same species over time?

A
population growth
B
death rate
C
birth rate
D
immigration and emigration
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If a population of deer exceeds its carrying capacity, it is likely that the

A
population will crash.
B
population will become extinct.
C
carrying capacity will increase.
D
birth rate will increase.
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Which type of population growth is shown in this graph?

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A
exponential
B
logistic
C
linear
D
limited
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In a year, a population of lions had four births, two deaths from disease, one natural death, five emigrations, and five immigrations. In the same year, a population of zebras had five births, three deaths, four emigrations, and one immigration. Which best explains the data?

A
Zebras and lions are both experiencing a negative population growth.
B
Zebras and lions are both experiencing a positive population growth.
C
The zebras have a higher population growth than the lions have.
D
The zebras have a lower population growth than the lions have.
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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
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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.
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Which type of population growth is shown in this graph?Population of Bacteria

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A
exponential
B
linear
C
logistic
D
limited

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