This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 9 > Geography > Population > Class 9 Geography Chapter 6 Population – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 9 Geography Chapter 6 Population Quiz 12 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. If there are fewer births than deaths, then the size of the population will ..... A) Increase. B) Decrease. C) Be stable. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decrease. 2. The average age that a person in a given population can expect to live to is called ..... ? A) Age Limit. B) Life Expectancy. C) Potential Growth Capstone. D) Ideal Age Anticipation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Life Expectancy. 3. What is a drought? A) When there is too much rain. B) A lack of rain or precipitation in an area. C) An abundance of water from rainfall. D) The name of a marine population. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A lack of rain or precipitation in an area. 4. Anything that limits the growth of a population is? A) Population Density. B) Population Growth. C) Carrying Capacity. D) Limiting Factors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Limiting Factors. 5. The number of organisms in a population that die in a year. A) Birth Rate. B) Death Rate. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Death Rate. 6. Which term refers to all LIFE on Earth? A) Biosphere. B) Geosphere. C) Atmosphere. D) Hydrosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biosphere. 7. In the last 25 years A) Women have an average of 8 children. B) Fertility rates in low-and middle-income countries are higher. C) Global fertility rates have fallen. D) Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and the Pacific have doubled their fertility rates. E) Fertility rates in most high-income countries have risen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Global fertility rates have fallen. 8. What is the vast tropical grassland plain situated to the east of the Andes in Colombia and Venezuela, in northwestern South America. A) Llanos. B) Guiana Highlands. C) Pantanal. D) Pampas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Llanos. 9. Density independent (DI) limiting factors are things that impact every population the same, regardless of size. Which of the following is NOT a density independent limiting factor? A) Higher than normal temperature. B) Drought. C) Competition. D) A hurricane. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Competition. 10. To count the population in a small area, then multiply to find the number in a large area A) Direct observation. B) Indirect observation. C) Sampling. D) Mark and recapture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sampling. 11. Identify the area of the world that is sparsely populated. A) Eastern China. B) Western Europe. C) Northeast USA. D) Congo Basin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Congo Basin. 12. What is a consequence of competition in a population? A) Increase in population size. B) Stable population size. C) Unchanged population dynamics. D) Decrease in population size. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Decrease in population size. 13. True or false:Ecosystems are made up of both living and non-living things. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. The movement of individuals into or out of a population A) Survivorship. B) Life expectancy. C) Migration. D) Demography. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Migration. 15. What desert is found in the north of Africa? A) Siberia. B) African. C) Kalahari. D) Sahara. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sahara. 16. What is a population in ecological terms? A) A group of organisms of different species living in different areas. B) A group of organisms of the same species living in the same area. C) A group of different species living in the same area. D) A single organism living in an area. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A group of organisms of the same species living in the same area. 17. The range or area occupied by a population is its A) Growth rate. B) Geographic distribution. C) Age structure. D) Population density. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Geographic distribution. 18. Difference between birth and death rates A) Fertility. B) Mortality. C) Natural Increase. D) Doubling time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Natural Increase. 19. ..... the number of individuals in a population A) Dispersion. B) Population density. C) Population size. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Population size. 20. The maximum number of individuals in a species that an environment can support for the long term A) Carrying capacity. B) Biodiversity. C) Population density. D) Ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carrying capacity. 21. Travelers who visit a crowded African village become infected with a disease caused by parasites. A) Density-Dependent. B) Density-Independent. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Density-Dependent. 22. 4) What is the tallest mountain in the world? A) Kilimanjaro. B) Denali. C) Mount Everest. D) Mont Blanc. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mount Everest. 23. A group of tadpoles in a pond is an example of a ..... A) Population. B) Community. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Population. 24. Individuals joining a population is an example of ..... A) Emigration. B) Immigration. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Immigration. 25. Describe a way people have adapted to frequent flooding in their region. A) By building houses on stilts. B) By moving to deserts. C) By planting only cacti. D) By avoiding all water sources. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By building houses on stilts. 26. I pour two cups of Lucky Charms into a bowl. I pick out fifteen marshmallows. Fifteen marshmallows per two cups of Lucky Charms is an example of which of the following? A) Biotic potential. B) Ecosystem. C) Population density. D) Limiting factor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Population density. 27. When a populations is known to be STABLE, ..... A) There are more deaths. B) There are no new births or deaths happening. C) There are more births. D) It stays mostly the same, over time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It stays mostly the same, over time. 28. A large population of squirrels lives in a forest. In the last 50 years, the size of the squirrel population has stayed the same. What must be true about the squirrel population during the last 50 years? A) The number of squirrels that were born was the same as the number of squirrels that died. B) No squirrels were born and no squirrels died. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The number of squirrels that were born was the same as the number of squirrels that died. 29. Over the span of 15 years, a populations of giraffes stayed the same. What statement is true about what is happening? A) No giraffes were born or died in the 15 year time span. B) More giraffes were born than died. C) More giraffes died than were born. D) The same amount of giraffes died that were born in the 15 year time span. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The same amount of giraffes died that were born in the 15 year time span. 30. Family Building Strategies means a country is trying to A) Create more houses. B) Have more babies. C) Have more celebrations. D) Improve the economy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have more babies. 31. Which of the following is NOT an outcome of high population density? A) Predators tend to ignore prey that is overabundant. B) Decreased resource availability. C) Mortality increase. D) Reduction in births. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Predators tend to ignore prey that is overabundant. 32. Aria, Ethan, and Hannah live in a small town with a population of 12500 people. The town spans an area of approximately 10 square miles. If they were to calculate, approximately how many people per square mile would they find living in their town? A) 1000. B) 1250. C) 5000. D) 2500. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1250. 33. Populations go up or down depending on the resources available. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 34. The North, the South, the Midwest, the East Coast, and West Coast are all examples of which geographic term? A) Climate zones. B) Globalization. C) Regions. D) Diffusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Regions. 35. Within a population, organisms are always ..... A) Eating and sleeping. B) Being born and growing up. C) Being born and dying. D) Dying of old age and eating other things. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Being born and dying. 36. Tokyo is the most populous what? A) Remote village. B) Summer camp. C) Urban center. D) School. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Urban center. 37. Which of the following makes it difficult to reduce population growth? A) High literacy rates result in women wanting to have more children. B) Population sizes will not decline until some people start having to do without food and other necessities of life. C) Many people live in cities, where large families are an advantage. D) Many people have low literacy and limited access to healthcare. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Many people have low literacy and limited access to healthcare. 38. Competition occurs when two species share the same ..... A) Habitat. B) Food source. C) Both of the above. D) Neither of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both of the above. 39. Competition between a snapper and a grouper for small silverside fish would be considered A) Predation. B) Intraspecific Competition. C) Resource partitioning. D) Interspecific competition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Interspecific competition. 40. What can cause a population to grow? A) The birthrate become higher than the death rate. B) The birthrate stays the same, and the death rate increases. C) The birthrate becomes lower than the death rate. D) The birthrate and death rate remain the same. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The birthrate become higher than the death rate. 41. A drought begins in India. The drought causes a famine and people go hungry. Thousands of people begin to leave the country to find a better life. In this example, drought is a ..... A) Push factor. B) Pull factor. C) Anti-imigration policy. D) Proimmigration policy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Push factor. 42. The percentages of individuals found at different age levels make up the ..... of the population. A) Age structure. B) Carrying capacity. C) Survivorship. D) Birthrate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Age structure. 43. The total number of live births in a year for every 1000 people in a population per year. A) Fertility Rate. B) Death Rate. C) Life Expectancy. D) Birth Rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Birth Rate. 44. What is the literacy rate of male and female as per the census of 2011? A) 75.26 per cent for females and 53.67 per cent for males. B) 75.26 per cent for males and 53.67 per cent for females. C) 80 per cent for males and 53.67 per cent for females. D) 75.26 per cent for males and 90 per cent for females. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 75.26 per cent for males and 53.67 per cent for females. 45. What desert is found in the South of Africa? A) African. B) Kalahari. C) Sahara. D) Siberia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kalahari. 46. Identify the area of the world that is densely populated. A) Australian Outback. B) Siberia. C) Canada. D) Bangladesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bangladesh. 47. What term is given to the number of births in one year per thousand of the total population? A) Natural Increase. B) Population Distribution. C) Birth Rate. D) Death Rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Birth Rate. 48. Number of organisms per unit area/volume A) Carrying capacity. B) Limiting factor. C) Population density. D) Total population. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Population density. 49. ..... is all of the living and nonliving things in a given area. A) A population. B) The biosphere. C) A community. D) An ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An ecosystem. 50. A field of daisies is an example of a ..... A) Population. B) Community. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Population. 51. What does 'census' mean? A) Census is an counting of Man and Women only. B) Census is an official counting of population done periodically. C) Census is an official counting of Children only. D) Census is an official counting of Living and Non living things. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Census is an official counting of population done periodically. 52. All of the following are examples of limiting factors for a population except ..... A) Time. B) Food. C) Weather. D) Space. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Time. 53. Which of the following is an example of an anti-immigration policy? A) Resettlement programs that provide housing. B) Increased access to governmental services. C) Amnesty for illegal immigrants. D) Literacy tests. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Literacy tests. 54. In contrast to most animals, which resource do plants typically compete for? A) Water. B) Food. C) Space. D) Sunlight. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sunlight. 55. All living things are part of a population. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 56. Gene flow is a concept best used to describe an exchange between ..... A) Species. B) Populations. C) Chromosomes. D) Males and females. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Species. 57. In which type of interaction between species does one species benefit by harming another species but not killing it? A) Commensalism. B) Predation. C) Mutualism. D) Parasitism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parasitism. 58. A ..... is anything that constrains a population's size and slows or stops it from growing. A) Natural disaster. B) Population control. C) Restraining effect. D) Limiting factor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Limiting factor. 59. Life expectancy is MOST affected by infant mortality. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 60. What factor describes when populations increase because animals are moving into a population? A) Exponential Growth. B) Immigration. C) Limiting Factors. D) Emigration. 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