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Populations Section 1

Quiz by Devon Roesener

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22 questions
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  • Q1
    A _____ is a group of organisms that belong to the same species and live in a particular place at the same time.
    community
    ecosystem
    population
    species
    30s
  • Q2
    A population's size is...
    the number of births within the population
    the number of individuals that the population contain.
    the number of species within the population
    the number of deaths plus the number of births within the population
    30s
  • Q3
    _____ is a fundamental and important population property but can be difficult to measure.
    age structure
    birth rate
    death rate
    size
    30s
  • Q4
    _____ measures how crowded a population is.
    population density
    age structure
    death rate
    birth rate
    30s
  • Q5
    _____ is the spatial distribution of individuals within the population.
    distribution
    displacement
    dislocation
    dispersion
    30s
  • Q6
    Distribution where individuals are clustered togetjer/
    random
    scattered
    clumped
    uniform
    30s
  • Q7
    Distribution where where individuals are separated by a fairly consistent distance.
    uniform
    clumped
    random
    scattered
    30s
  • Q8
    Distribution where each individual's location is independent of the locations of other individuals in the population.
    uniform
    random
    scattered
    clumped
    30s
  • Q9
    All population ____ change in size and composition over time.
    species
    protections
    dynamics
    individuals
    30s
  • Q10
    The number of births occurring in a period of time.
    mortality rate
    age structure
    birth rate
    life expectancy
    30s
  • Q11
    The number of deaths in a period of time
    mortality rate
    life expectancy
    age structure
    birth rate
    30s
  • Q12
    How long on average an individual is expected to live.
    mortality rate
    life expectancy
    age structure
    birth rate
    30s
  • Q13
    The distribution of individuals among different ages in a population.
    birth rate
    life expectancy
    mortaility rate
    age structure
    30s
  • Q14
    A graph of the mortality data of a population; indicates the probability that individuals will survive to any given age.
    survivorship curve
    population dynamic curve
    age structure graph
    mortality data graph
    30s
  • Q15

    Once can estimate a population's size by counting individuals in a sample of the population if the . . .

    sample size is larger than the population size

    dispersion in the sample is less than that in the population

    distribution of individuals in the ample is the same as that in the population

    density in the sample is greater than the population density

    30s

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