This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 9 > Geography > Population > Class 9 Geography Chapter 6 Population – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 9 Geography Chapter 6 Population Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The number of farmers available compared to arable land. A) Agricultural Density. B) People Density. C) Physiological Density. D) Population Density. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agricultural Density. 2. Which of the following examples would be least likely to be considered a symbiotic interaction? A) A bird builds a nest in a cactus. B) A yucca moth pollinates and lays eggs on yucca flowers. C) A baby fox hunts and feeds on a kangaroo rat. D) Bacteria in a fox's digestive system help it digest food. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A baby fox hunts and feeds on a kangaroo rat. 3. Which of the following tells you population density? A) The number of frogs in a pond. B) The number of births per year. C) The number of bacteria per square millimeter. D) The number of deaths per year. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The number of bacteria per square millimeter. 4. Why is biodiversity important to ecosystems? A) It allows ecosystems to adapt to changing climates. B) It establishes the separate ecosystems within a biome. C) It has created antibiotic-resistant bacteria. D) It provides each organism with one specific role to ensure there is no competition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It allows ecosystems to adapt to changing climates. 5. A scientist studies a herd of mule deer to learn about their dietary habits. Identify the population. A) All animals. B) Mule deer. C) Deer. D) Mules. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deer. 6. What growth pattern describes a population whose growth rate slows or stops following a period of exponential growth? A) Logistic growth. B) Predator-prey cycle. C) Population growth. D) Exponential growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logistic growth. 7. Limiting factors are sometimes helpful because they can keep the population from getting too large. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. What is maternal mortality? A) The death of a mother due to old age. B) The death of a mother during pregnancy. C) The death of a mother due to natural causes. D) The death of a mother during childbirth or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The death of a mother during childbirth or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy. 9. Why did Aria decide to move from her village to the city? A) The number of people born in a hospital. B) The number of babies born in a city. C) More job opportunities. D) The number of children who survive past the age of one. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) More job opportunities. 10. If you divide the population of a country by its land area what statistic do you get? A) Arithmetic population density. B) I thought this was social studies . C) Physiologic population density. D) GDP per capita. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arithmetic population density. 11. Which meaning goes with the Latin prefix Atmo- A) Living things. B) Air. C) Land. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Air. 12. An indirect effect is: A) The result of one cause leading to an effect that causes one or more other effects. B) The result of one cause stopping a desired effect. C) The result of more than one cause leading to the death rate of a population. D) When there is a direct relationship between one organism and the next. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The result of one cause leading to an effect that causes one or more other effects. 13. You sample a population of butterflies and find that 42% are heterozygous for a particular gene. What would be the frequency of the recessive allele in this population? A) 0.30. B) 0.49. C) 0.70. D) Allele frequency cannot be estimated from this information. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allele frequency cannot be estimated from this information. 14. In a rat population that is in equilibrium, the frequency of recessive white fur allele is 0.25. Calculate the frequency of the heterozygous rat. A) 0.5. B) 0.75. C) 0.188. D) 0.375. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 0.375. 15. Assign each car in a dealership a number and then use a random-number table to select the cars to be inspected. A) Systematic. B) Random sample. C) Convenience. D) Biased sampling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Random sample. 16. In a logistic Growth curve, exponential growth is the phase in which the population ..... A) Growth stops. B) Reaches carrying capacity. C) Growth begins to slow down. D) Grows quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Grows quickly. 17. This is a person who moves from place to place to make a living and to look for available resources: A) Camel. B) Settler. C) Nomad. D) Resident. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nomad. 18. Which of the scenarios below might cause the total population of a country to decrease? A) Drought leading to a lack of food. B) Better nutrition and healthcare. C) Pronatal policies. D) An increase in immigration to the country. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drought leading to a lack of food. 19. The variety of living organisms within a given area A) Biodiversity. B) Species. C) Community. D) Population. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biodiversity. 20. By 2100, the estimated population of the world will be ..... A) 9 billion. B) 13 billion. C) 10 billion. D) 11 billion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 11 billion. 21. 40% of the world's population live ..... A) Live in the Americas. B) Within 100km of the coast. C) In the northern hemisphere. D) Live in Asia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Within 100km of the coast. 22. Adult giraffes eat about 75 pounds of food in a day. On average, an area can provide 450 pounds of food per day for giraffes.Based on this information only, what is the carrying capacity for adult giraffes in this area? A) 75. B) 375. C) 450. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 6. 23. A musician wanted to see what people who bought his last album thought about the songs. Which choice best represents a sample? A) A selection of people who didn't want to buy the album. B) 250 girls who bought the album. C) Every person who bought the album. D) A selection of 3, 294 people who bought the album. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A selection of 3, 294 people who bought the album. 24. A sudden dramatic increase in the birth rate is ..... ? A) Baby Boom. B) Child Growth. C) Infant Population Growth (IPG). D) Birth Boom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Baby Boom. 25. What is the demographic transition model? A) A diagram that shows the distribution of a population by age and gender. B) The model that uses birthrates and death rates to show how populations in countries or regions change over time. C) The average number of people living on a square mile or square kilometer of land. D) The variations in population that occur across a country, a continent, or the world. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The model that uses birthrates and death rates to show how populations in countries or regions change over time. 26. The average number of years a newborn infant can expect to live. A) Life Expectancy. B) Population Growth. C) Birth Number. D) Overpopulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Life Expectancy. 27. The average number of children a woman in a given population will have in her lifetime is ..... ? A) Expected Childbirth (ECB). B) Average Fertility Scale (AFS). C) Total Fertility Rate (TFR). D) Average Childbearing (ACB). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Total Fertility Rate (TFR). 28. The number of organisms in a population born in a year. A) Birth Rate. B) Death Rate. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Birth Rate. 29. Stage 2 of the Demographic Transition Model will be characterized by A) High birth rate, low death rate. B) Low birth rate, low death rate. C) Low birth rate, high death rate. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) High birth rate, low death rate. 30. Marianne wanted to know students' opinion on the new schedule at school. She places students' names in a container and randomly picks out 20 names. A) Convenience Sampling. B) Systematic Sampling. C) Random Sampling. D) Volunteer response. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Random Sampling. 31. Which vocabulary word is defined as:when two or more populations use the same resource, such as the same food source A) Change. B) Glucose. C) Competition. D) Ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Competition. 32. An unrefined resource that can be used to make a product. A) Manufactured Good. B) Raw Material. C) Physical Environment. D) Climate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Raw Material. 33. Rabbits move into a new field where there is plenty of room to dig new burrows. This is an example of? A) Migration. B) Carrying capacity. C) Emigration. D) Immigration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Immigration. 34. A school randomly chose 50 teachers and asked them which type of juice their students would prefer. Which reason best shows why this sample is biased? A) The sample didn't include students. B) The sample is too small. C) The sample can only be accurate if each teacher is included in the sample. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The sample didn't include students. 35. One factor that drives population changes is A) The availability of resources. B) Predation. C) Both a and b. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both a and b. 36. What do mammals like tigers and zebras need energy for? A) Running. B) Breathing. C) Digesting food. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 37. All are effects of rural-urban drift except one ..... A) Environmental pollutiom. B) Change in fortune. C) Overcrowding. D) Lack of man power. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Change in fortune. 38. True or False:A organism is a single individual of a species that are physically similar and can reproduce. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 39. The small town of West Fremont has a population of 50, 000. If the growth rate of West Fremont is 2%, then how long will it take for the population of West Fremont to double? A) 70 years. B) 3.5 years. C) 35 years. D) 7 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 35 years. 40. Group of organisms so similar to one another that they can breed and produce fertile offspring A) Organism. B) Cells. C) Species. D) Molecules. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Species. 41. A population of sharks lives in the Atlantic Ocean. Over the last 50 years, the size of the shark population increased. What best explains the increase in the size of the shark population? A) A lot of sharks were born and no sharks died. B) The shark population is always increasing because no animal eats sharks. C) More sharks were born than died. D) Fewer sharks were born than died. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) More sharks were born than died. 42. Products that are created or processed in some way. A) Natural Resources. B) Physical environment. C) Manufactured Goods. D) Trade. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Manufactured Goods. 43. A population of rainbow trout lives in Lake Winnipesaukee. Over the last 50 years, the size of the trout population has decreased. What best explains the decrease in the size of the trout population? A) A lot of trout died and no new trout were born. B) More trout were born than died. C) The trout population is always decreasing because trout are always being eaten. D) Fewer trout were born than died. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fewer trout were born than died. 44. In recent years, the human population has A) Increased exponentially. B) Decreased exponentially. C) Decreased slowly. D) Increased slowy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increased exponentially. 45. Which African region has the best climate zone for agriculture? A) Savanna. B) Rainforest. C) Sahara. D) Sahel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Savanna. 46. Which of the following two species represent a relationship that has coevolved? A) Flowering plants and their pollinators. B) Foxes and their coyote competitors. C) House cats and their prey. D) Rabbits and their relatives. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flowering plants and their pollinators. 47. Identify the Population:Wicomico County Public Schools randomly selected 230 teachers to find out which technology resource is the most effective. A) 230 Teachers. B) All teachers. C) Students. D) Wicomico County Public Schools. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All teachers. 48. 15) Which of these countries in NOT in Europe? A) Portugal. B) Estonia. C) Andorra. D) Lebanon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lebanon. 49. A population of tigers lives in Bangladesh. Over 30 years, the size of the tiger population increased. What best explains the increase in size of the tiger population? A) A lot of tigers were born and none of them died. B) The tiger population is always increasing because no animal eats tigers. C) Fewer tigers were born than died. D) More tigers were born than died. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) More tigers were born than died. 50. An example of a transportation corridor is ..... A) Something that allows movement. B) Something that blocks movement. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Something that allows movement. 51. The percentage by which a population grows in a year. This is the difference between the birth rate and the death rate and excludes migration. A) Birth Rate. B) Growth Rate. C) Rate of Natural Increase. D) Population. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rate of Natural Increase. 52. Which of the following could describe a population that is decreasing in size? A) The birthrate and the death rate remain the same. B) The death rate is becoming lower than the birthrate. C) The death rate is constant and the birthrate is increasing. D) The death rate is becoming higher than the birthrate?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The death rate is becoming higher than the birthrate?. 53. All of the organisms of the same species living in the same geographic area? A) Species. B) Ecology. C) Community. D) Population. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Population. 54. Human population rates have skyrocketed recently mostly due to: A) The bubonic plague. B) Better hygiene (health care) and food. C) The discovery of electricity. D) Improved efficiency of fuel use. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Better hygiene (health care) and food. 55. The total number of deaths per 1000 people in a population per year. A) Death Rate. B) Deaths per country. C) Fertility Rate. D) Child Mortality Rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Death Rate. 56. The number of deaths per thousand A) Carrying capacity. B) Population density. C) Rate of natural decrease. D) Mortality rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mortality rate. 57. Most people in the Middle East do NOT live in areas where what is found? A) Deserts. B) Crop Land. C) Oil. D) Rivers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deserts. 58. The growth of a population; the difference between birthrates and death rate A) Natural increase. B) Migration. C) Death rate. D) Birth rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Natural increase. 59. The approximate population of the world today is ..... A) 7.7 Million. B) 7 Million. C) 7 Billion. D) 7.7 Billion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 7.7 Billion. 60. A country with a high rate of natural increase that faces a shortage of food supply supports which theory? A) Demographic transition. B) Human-Environment Theory. C) Neo-Malthusian Theory. D) Epidemiological transition. E) Core-Periphery Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neo-Malthusian Theory. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGeography QuizzesClass 9 QuizzesClass 9 Geography Chapter 6 Population Quiz 1Class 9 Geography Chapter 6 Population Quiz 2Class 9 Geography Chapter 6 Population Quiz 4Class 9 Geography Chapter 6 Population Quiz 5Class 9 Geography Chapter 6 Population Quiz 6Class 9 Geography Chapter 6 Population Quiz 7Class 9 Geography Chapter 6 Population Quiz 8Class 9 Geography Chapter 6 Population Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books