This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 9 > Geography > Population > Class 9 Geography Chapter 6 Population – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 9 Geography Chapter 6 Population Quiz 4 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. If an area is located near a water source, has a mild climate, and access to natural resources, what is its population density most likely going to be? A) Sparsely populated. B) Densely populated. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Densely populated. 2. If the population of prey increases, the population of predators will ..... because of the availability of food. A) Decrease. B) Stay the same. C) Increase. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Increase. 3. A student surveys mathematics teachers to get their opinion on teaching. What is the sample? A) All teachers in the world. B) All teachers within the school. C) All mathematics teachers in the school. D) All teachers except mathematics teachers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All mathematics teachers in the school. 4. Factor that causes population growth to decrease A) Limiting Factor. B) Density-Independent Limiting Factor. C) Density-Dependent Limiting Factor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Limiting Factor. 5. A resource population is the population that ..... A) Eats others. B) Is eaten by others . C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is eaten by others . 6. A population of panthers lives in the southeastern United States. Over 50 years, the size of the panther population in the region increased. What best explains the increase in the size of the panther population? A) The panther population is always increasing because no animal eats panthers. B) Fewer panthers were born than died. C) More panthers were born than died. D) A lot of panthers were born and none of them died. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) More panthers were born than died. 7. When animals move OUT of an area, this is called A) Moving. B) Emigration. C) Immigration. D) Dying off. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emigration. 8. A movie theater considers upgrading to offer luxury seating. The manager randomly surveys 1, 200 residents who live within 10 miles of the theater. What is the sample in this situation? A) 1, 200 randomly surveyed customers of the movie theater. B) All of the movie theater's customers. C) The 1, 200 residents surveyed. D) All residents who live within 10 miles of the theater. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The 1, 200 residents surveyed. 9. Which of the following is the amount of organisms in a given amount of space? A) Population density. B) Emigration. C) Limiting factor. D) Carrying capacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Population density. 10. Which geographic factor most likely explains why many cities are located near rivers? A) Rivers provide natural beauty. B) Rivers offer transportation and water resources. C) Rivers are difficult to cross. D) Rivers are always polluted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rivers offer transportation and water resources. 11. Determine the type of sampling used in the following scenario:You're conducting an investigation about whether students enjoy lunch. So you survey everyone at your lunch table. A) Volunteer. B) Convenience. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Convenience. 12. Which environment is difficult to live in due to water scarcity? A) Mountain ranges. B) Tropical rainforests. C) Deserts. D) Permanently frozen ground. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deserts. 13. The origins of the Trans-Saharan Slave Trade can be traced back to the migration of the Berber people of Northern Africa. However, their success in navigating the trade routes across the Sahara Desert is directly tied to which animal? A) The camel. B) The donkey. C) The Arabian stallion. D) The domesticated zebra. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The camel. 14. Deserts are typically densely populated. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. Which of the following is NOT a purpose of an age structure diagram? A) Shows percentages of a population. B) Describes why a population graph has a certain shape. C) It tells us about the number of males and females. D) Breaks down percentages of a population based on age group. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Describes why a population graph has a certain shape. 16. Vikings raiding started in in ..... century A) 8th. B) 12th. C) 9th. D) 11th. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 8th. 17. In a type of mammal, genes for the albino is recessive to the brown hair genes. In an investigation, it was found that 72 out of 500 mammals are albino. What is the albino allele frequency in that population? A) 0.50. B) 0.75. C) 0.29. D) 0.38. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 0.38. 18. The pattern of spacing between individuals across the range of a population is its A) Distribution. B) Growth rate. C) Density. D) Habitat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Distribution. 19. The study of statistics is ..... A) Demography. B) Geography. C) Cartography. D) Human geography. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Demography. 20. How is population change calculated? A) Birth rate-emigration. B) Migration + births. C) Natural increase-net migration. D) Birth rate-death rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Natural increase-net migration. 21. Largest number of individuals of a population that the environment can support ..... A) Mutualism. B) Lag phase. C) Population crash. D) Carrying capacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carrying capacity. 22. What is global citizenship? A) The idea that one's identity transcends geography or political borders and that responsibilities or rights are derived from membership in a broader class. B) Being a citizen of all countries. C) The growing interconnectedness of people and places through converging processes of economic, political, and cultural change. D) Crossing borders. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The idea that one's identity transcends geography or political borders and that responsibilities or rights are derived from membership in a broader class. 23. Which climate describes most of Southwest Asia? A) Tropical (hot + wet). B) Temperate (mild + wet). C) Tundra (cold + dry). D) Arid (hot + dry). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arid (hot + dry). 24. Less than 1/5 of Japan is arable land. Which of the following is the best definition of arable land? A) Land that can be farmed. B) Land that is higher in the air. C) Land that is mined. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Land that can be farmed. 25. If animals cannot find enough places to build nests, which of the following could be a limiting factor? A) Disease. B) Food. C) Water. D) Space. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Space. 26. What does 'Age Composition' mean? A) Number of people in different age groups in a country. B) Number of people in a country. C) Number of Man and Women in a country. D) No of Children in a country. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Number of people in different age groups in a country. 27. In a forest, there are 50 deer per square mile. What is this an example of in terms of population characteristics? A) Population Dispersion. B) Population Dispernsity. C) Population Density. D) Population Diffusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Population Density. 28. What is a group of organisms of ONE species that live in an area at the same time? A) Community. B) Population. C) Ecosystem. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Population. 29. Type of growth that occurs under ideal conditions? A) Predator-prey cycle. B) Logistic. C) Exponential. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exponential. 30. How do many people living in Africa's rain forest region usually make their living? A) Logging. B) Fishing. C) Tourism. D) Banking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logging. 31. A naturally-made item, such as a tree, mineral, or fresh water, that people can use to meet a need or want. A) Natural Resource. B) Trade. C) Climate. D) Manufactured Good. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Natural Resource. 32. A nonliving element in an ecosystem is an A) Biotic factor. B) Abiotic factor. C) Animal. D) Organism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abiotic factor. 33. A population pyramid that shows slow or stable growth will have what type of shape? A) A narrower middle and wide bottom. B) Almost equal at middle and bottom. C) Narrower at bottom than middle. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Almost equal at middle and bottom. 34. This happens when organisms try to use the same resources, such as food, water, shelter, or sunlight ..... A) Cooperation. B) Competition. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Competition. 35. A group of organisms of the same species living in the same area are called a/an ..... A) Community. B) Ecosystem. C) Population. D) Habitat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Population. 36. Demography is the scientific study of A) Parasitism and disease. B) Modernized countries. C) Human populations. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Human populations. 37. A population pyramid can be used to show ..... A) How populations change over time. B) Show population distribution between age cohorts (groups). C) Areas of high and low population density in a country. D) Where people live. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Show population distribution between age cohorts (groups). 38. If owls are eating mice and getting energy storage molecules from the mice, which is the consumer population? A) Mice. B) Owls. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Owls. 39. The potential growth of a population if it could grow in perfect conditions with no limiting factors. A) Limiting factor. B) Population density. C) Biotic potential. D) Carrying capacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biotic potential. 40. Demographic transition is change from high birthrates and high death rates to A) Low birthrates and low death rates. B) Exponential growth. C) Low birthrates and high death rates. D) Indefinite growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Low birthrates and low death rates. 41. The living parts of an organisms environment are called its ..... A) Abiotic factors. B) Biotic factors. C) Community. D) Habitat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biotic factors. 42. The buying and selling of goods and services. A) Physical Environment. B) Production. C) Population Distribution. D) Trade. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trade. 43. What term is given to the number of deaths in one year per thousand of the total population? A) Natural Increase. B) Population Distribution. C) Death Rate. D) Birth Rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Death Rate. 44. Type of survivorship curve where many offspring die. Ex. Fish A) Type I. B) Type II. C) Type III. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Type III. 45. What occurs when a population becomes larger than the carrying capacity of the ecosystem? A) Carrying capacity. B) Nothing, everything stays the same. C) Population density. D) Overpopulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Overpopulation. 46. The place where an organism lives is called a/an ..... A) Habitat. B) Limiting factor. C) Food chain. D) Niche. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Habitat. 47. Which of the following describes areas with large, fast-growing populations? A) There are usually plenty of jobs for everyone. B) It is not hard for people to find good housing. C) Disease can spread quickly. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Disease can spread quickly. 48. The study of human population size, density, distribution, movement, birthrates, and death rates A) Demographic transition. B) Age structure. C) Demography. D) Zero population growth (ZPG). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Demography. 49. Counting all the crabs one by one in a tide pool to find the population A) Direct Observation. B) Indirect Observation. C) Sampling. D) Mark-and-recapture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Observation. 50. The annual number of children under the age of five years who die per 1000 live births; also known as the under-5 mortality rate. A) Death Rate. B) Demographic standard. C) Child Mortality Rate. D) Urban Growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Child Mortality Rate. 51. What is the movement of people from one place to another, typically for reasons like work, education, or seeking better living conditions? A) Population Growth. B) Birth Rate. C) Migration. D) Death Rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Migration. 52. Natural disasters can be considered limiting factors. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 53. A gaming website wanted to find out which console its visitors owned. Which choice best represents a population? A) All of the website visitors. B) Visitors with an 'e' in their user name. C) Visitors over 23. D) Visitors to the 3DS section. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All of the website visitors. 54. What measure of migration tells whether more people are entering or leaving a country? A) Immigration. B) Net migration. C) Nothing but net. D) Emigration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Net migration. 55. A U.S. senator from Maine wants to find out the opinion of the voters in his state on issues concerning education. The office of the senator sends out a survey to a random sample of registered voters in Maine. Is this random sampling? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 56. The TV station wants to get the opinion of viewers on the look of a new game-show set. The station's staff calls random people in the phone book. Is this biased or unbiased? A) Biased. B) Unbiased. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unbiased. 57. Competition for food CANNOT occur between: A) Two populations. B) Animals from two different ecosystems. C) Populations whose niches overlap. D) Members of the same population. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Animals from two different ecosystems. 58. What are many of the largest cities in Africa located on or around? A) Mountains. B) Water sources. C) Savannas. D) Rain forests. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water sources. 59. Which of the following would have a negative impact on an ecosystem A) Constructing highways. B) Planting trees. C) Recycling paper. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Constructing highways. 60. In determining population this type of observation would have you counting nests or signs of an organism. A) Indirect. B) Direct. C) Sampling. D) Mark and recapture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indirect. ← 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 3Class 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