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Chapter 8-9 Review: Understanding Populations & The Human Population
Chapter 8-9 Review: Understanding Populations & The Human Population
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5th Period Environmental Science Class
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the average number of children a women gives birth to in her lifetime is called?
migration
Total Fertility Rate
Fertility Rate
2
the maximum population that an exosystem can support indefinitely
niche
dispersion
carrying capacity
3
land that can be used to grow crop
survivorship
life expectency
migration
arable land
4
The average length of time an individual is expected to live is what?
death rates
Life expectancy
Fertility rate
5
species never come into direct contact with each other in this competition
none of the above
both
indirect competition
direct competition
6
How is population age structure represented?
death rate
age pyramid
age structure
population pyramid
7
What is the fastest rate at which its populations can grow?
Reproductive Potential
Exponential Growth
Biotic Potential
Biotic Growth
8
Ants and acacia trees have a mutualistic relationship because
they are both adapted to a humid climate.
The ants eat part of the acacia tree
They benefit each other.
9
movement of individuals between areas is called
migration
average incomes
fertility rate
life expectancy
10
what is Suburban Sprawl?
Movement out of an area
movement into an area
the spreading of developments into suburban or rural areas
11
what is a study of characteristics of populations especially of human populations?
population
Environmental
Demography
12
Farm land that can be used to grow crops is?
Annwn land
none of them
both
Arable land
13
what is Emigration?
movement into an area
Movement out of an area
movement in center of area
14
movement of people from rural areas to cities
urbanization
survivorship
fertility rate
migration
15
The number of births (usually per year) per 1000 women of child bearing age (usually 15-44) is?
Fertility Rates
Replacement level fertility
none of them
Total Fertility Rates
16
In 2000 life expectancy was 80
False
True
17
What are the causes of deaths in density-dependent areas:
limited resources, predation, and disease
people fight
deaths
religion problems
18
movement of individuals between areas is called immigration
true
false
19
which century did human population of Earth grew faster?
17th century
21th century
19th century
20th century
20
The average number of years members of a population are likely to live is their
fertility rate
life expectancy
death rate
demographic transition
21
a model that describes how economic and social changes affect population growth rates.
age structure
demography
demographic transition
survivorship
22
Which one is not one of the way species interact?
Competition
Community
Parasitism
predation
23
Population grows faster and faster in
Biotic Potential
Reproductive potential
density
Exponential Growth
24
which one is not a property of population?
size
dispersion
density
shape
25
what are two types of population regulation?
dispersion dependent
density independent
dispersion independent
density dependent
26
competition is part of
density depended
density independent
natural selection
territory
27
What are the resources that rapidly grows population endanger?
all of the above
safe water
arable land
fuelwood
28
competition can occur
both
within species
none of the above
between species
29
arable land is not part of a community's infrastructure
false
true
30
The growth rate is the birth rate minus the death rate.
false
true
31
Is palm trees a population on an island
true
false
32
according to the theory of demographic transition, populations in Stage 1 tend to
decrease
remain the same
increase
none of the above
33
a niche is an organism's
pattern of use of its habitat
quantity
way of being
growth
34
why does the growth rates of populations change?
because all different species live in the same country.
because more people come from other countries.
because birth rates and death rates increase or decrease.
35
The number of individuals of the same species that live in a given unit of area
Population
Growth rate
Density
predation
36
What is a Population?
all members of species living in the same place at same time
member of species living in the same place at different time
all friends living in the same place
37
Is "Food" a Density Dependent factor, or a Density Independent Factor?
Density independent factor
both
none of the above
density dependent factor
38
A relationship in which two organisms live in close association
both
commensalism
competition
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Growth rates can be
zero
negative
positive
All of the above
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What is the reason for least-developed countries?
highest birth rates
lowest birth rates
highest death rates
lowest death rates
