Class 9 Geography Chapter 6 Population Quiz 17 (60 MCQs)

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1. Identify the following data set: ..... a manager of a movie theater was asking customers at the concession stand how they would rate the theater's staff
2. These countries have the highest birth (fertility) rates
3. An example of a transportation barrier is .....
4. The number of wild horses per square kilometer in a prairie is the horse population's:
5. Number of individuals per unit area
6. A dog and a cat are different
7. The number of people per unit of area.
8. The United States ranks 2nd out of 221 countries for infant mortality.
9. A species that has died out, and no individuals are left:
10. Areas that have a very low population density are called .....
11. Which of the following means to move into in another country?
12. The names of the week originated from Vikings Gods.
13. How are stage 1 and stage 4 of the DTM similar?
14. The Earth area of permanent human settlement is called the
15. Which of the following is NOT an example of a Density Dependent Factor?
16. When an organism leaves a population they are .....
17. Which meaning goes with the Latin prefix Geo-
18. The study of human population patterns
19. All of the living organisms living in an area
20. $_{If the amount of food or resources available increases, the carrying capacity for an animal:}$
21. A region with fertile soil and a mild climate has a high population. Using evidence, explain why this is the case.
22. Worldwide, there are more than ..... species that are endangered or threatened!
23. A factor that draws or attracts people to another location
24. Which of the following illustrates a pull factor-something that attracts people to an area?
25. We can assume that the principal reason for declining natural increase rates in less developed countries today is
26. How tall is the tallest person in class?
27. Before a nation wide election, a polling place was trying to see who would win.Which choice best represents a sample?
28. Which of the following best describes a way people have modified the environment for transportation?
29. One major cause of population growth is a falling death rate.
30. A new cable TV station wants to study the viewing habits of households. The station surveys every household that purchased a new TV within the last 2 years in New York. Is this random sampling?
31. When two or more individuals or populations try to use the same limited resource (e.g. food, water, shelter, sunlight) it is called .....
32. Limiting factors can be biotic or abiotic factors
33. The movement of individuals into an area is known as:
34. What was the population density of India in 2001 census?
35. All the organisms of the same species that live in the same area at the same time.
36. ..... is an abiotic factor in the environment that is important for plants to make their own food.
37. Which of the following is a NONLIVING part of an ecosystem?
38. The Magic Kingdom theme park has many attractions, one of which is Space Mountain. Are the people who ride Space Mountain the population, or a sample, of the theme park? Explain.
39. Without other changes to a population, which of the following will cause a population to increase in size?
40. If the amount of available food decreases, what do you think happens to a population of meerkats?
41. A density-dependent limiting factor only becomes limiting if:
42. A store manager selects 30 cartons of eggs and finds 4 cartons that have cracked eggs. If the store has 105 cartons of eggs, how many cartons can she expect to have cracked eggs in them?
43. Describes the area in which a certain population lives
44. What is carrying capacity?
45. Check the Density independent factors
46. True or False:Nonliving and dead mean the same thing.
47. A local candle store surveys 50 customers to find out their opinion on a new scented candle. The customers were chosen randomly from the store mailing list. Is this sampling method random?
48. When bluejays, mice, trees, and squirrels live in the same area, this is an example of a
49. In Mason's town, what happens when the population exceeds its carrying capacity?
50. What is a country characterized by low levels of industrialization, low GDP per capita, high levels of poverty, and often a high birth rate?
51. What is the best way to collect a sample of a population?
52. If the number of births is greater than the number of deaths in a population, what will happen to the growth of the population?
53. A school surveys all 7th grade boys to determine what to sell in the school store. This sample is .....
54. All the populations of different species that live in the same area at the same time.
55. What is population distribution?
56. Birchland Park Middle School is the best middle school on the .....
57. This takes place when organisms leave one area and go to another.
58. The rate at which population is growing, found by subtracting the mortality rate from the birthrate. (Also called population growth rate.)
59. Why are people concerned with the introduction of non-native species?
60. You want to study a random sample of 4 out of 26 students in your class. Describe a process you could use to create a random sample with 4 subjects.