This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 9 > Geography > Population > Class 9 Geography Chapter 6 Population – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 9 Geography Chapter 6 Population Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Type of survivorship curve where all ages have a similar death rate. Ex. Songbirds A) Type I. B) Type II. C) Type III. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Type II. 2. A species that is at risk but is not yet endangered. A) Exponential species. B) Endangered species. C) Threatened species. D) Extinct species. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Threatened species. 3. Long-billed curlews eat many different kinds of insects, including grasshoppers, as a source of food. Pesticide kills many of these insects. How would pesticide use affect to the population of long-billed curlews in the same area? A) It would increase. B) It would decrease. C) It would stay the same. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It would decrease. 4. True or False:A decrease in birth rate indicates the number of births in a certain time. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 5. A hospital wants to open a gym. They ask the night-shift ER staff when they would use the gym. A) Biased. B) Unbiased. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biased. 6. Exponential growth can be explained as: A) Growth calculated with an exponent. B) A rapid increase in a population over time. C) A slow increase in a population over time. D) No growth in a population over time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A rapid increase in a population over time. 7. Modern Geography focuses on ..... A) GPS. B) Maps. C) Location. D) The Spatial perspective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Spatial perspective. 8. All of the meerkats that live in the same place at the same time make up a ..... A) Ecosystem. B) Biosphere. C) Community. D) Population. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Population. 9. Three bird species share a habitat. Bird A eats insects and plant seeds. Bird B drinks flower nectar. Bird C eats plant seeds.A drought occurs in their habitat, and that season's plants are wiped out entirely. What is the likely outcome for each type of bird? A) Bird A survives; both birds B and C die. B) Bird B survives; both birds A and C die. C) Bird B survives; either bird A or bird C dies, and the other survives. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bird A survives; both birds B and C die. 10. Adding more organisms to a population does not affect the existing populations. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 11. What happened to North American coastal waters when the great white shark population decreased? A) Oysters increased. B) Clams increased. C) Rays increased. D) Scallops increased. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rays increased. 12. What are some consequences of a large but crowded population? A) More Scholars. B) Overcrowded areas. C) More resources needed. D) Job competition. E) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of the above. 13. Use the following information to answer the questions below.Albinism is a hereditary disease due to the absence of the skin pigment melanin. The allele for albinism is recessive to the allele for normal pigmentation. One person in 10, 000 is an albino.What is the number of individuals in this population who are carriers? A) 250. B) 150. C) 200. D) 100. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 200. 14. Carlos wants to know the favorite sport of people at his school so he asks his baseball team. A) Biased. B) Unbiased. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biased. 15. What is the number of different species of plants and animals in an area A) Conservation. B) Population. C) Biodiversity. D) Community. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biodiversity. 16. Food, water, sunlight, shelter, and space are resources that are often ..... A) Found in rocks. B) Messy. C) Wet. D) Limiting factors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Limiting factors. 17. In a particular area of an Arizona desert, there are 150 Saguaro cacti plants per square kilometer. Which population characteristic would the data be recorded as by a scientist who is studying this population? A) Growth rate. B) Geographic distribution. C) Age structure. D) Population density. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Population density. 18. 2 foxes enter an ecosystem that has a lot of rabbits. Foxes eat rabbits. It is likely that the population of foxes will ..... A) Increase. B) Decrease. C) Stay the same. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increase. 19. In a population in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, 16% of the individuals show the recessive trait. What is the frequency of the dominant allele in the population? A) 0.4. B) 0.36. C) 0.6. D) 0.84. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 0.6. 20. 1) You are planning a world tour and want to start from the largest continent in terms of size. Which one would it be? A) Africa. B) North America. C) Asia. D) Europe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Asia. 21. Why do most people in the Middle East live near water sources? A) For easier transportation. B) For recreational activities. C) For fishing opportunities. D) For agricultural purposes + drinking water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) For agricultural purposes + drinking water. 22. Which of these things indicate continued population growth? A) The old age of the population. B) The number of retirement homes. C) The death rate of the population. D) The youthfulness of the population. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The youthfulness of the population. 23. The study of the interactions that take place among organisms and their environment is called ..... A) Herpetology. B) Biology. C) Ecology. D) Botany. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ecology. 24. A village has a population of 3, 000 and it grows by 7% each year. Which equation represents the population after 3 years? A) 3675 people. B) 3435 people. C) 3000 people. D) 2413 people. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3675 people. 25. Environmental conditions that prevent populations from increasing A) Carrying capacity. B) Biotic factors. C) Limiting factors. D) Abiotic factors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Limiting factors. 26. The situation where the birth rate equals the death rate and the population size remains stable. A) Population Growth. B) Population Density. C) Zero Population Growth. D) Overpopulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Zero Population Growth. 27. About 500 years ago, the world's population started A) To level off. B) Growing more rapidly. C) Decreasing. D) To reach carrying capacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Growing more rapidly. 28. The school board wants to decide if they should more money be put into athletic programs or music programs at school. Who should be surveyed? A) Students in the band program. B) Students in the music program. C) People in town. D) Some parents, teachers, and students in the school. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Some parents, teachers, and students in the school. 29. To count all the members of a population A) Direct Observation. B) Indirect Observation. C) Sampling. D) Mark-and-recapture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Observation. 30. How many organisms with in that population are of different ages A) Growth Rate. B) Dispersion. C) Age Structure. D) Population Density. E) Geographic Distribution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Age Structure. 31. A computer manufacturer surveys its customers who purchased laptop computers to ask what software the company should include with its computer. Identify the population. A) Computer manufacturers. B) Customers who are interested in software. C) Customers of the store. D) Customers who purchased laptop computers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Customers of the store. 32. If a country has a high literacy rate among females, they should have a lower fertility rate. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 33. Your class is studying the number of car commercials on television between 6 P.M. and 8 P.M. for five days. Which of these samples is the best sample for you to use? A) The commercials shown between 6 P.M. and 7 P.M. on a randomly chosen day. B) The commercials shown between 6:30 P.M. and 7:30 P.M. on three randomly chosen days. C) The first five commercials each of the five days. D) The commercials during a random hour between 6pm and 8pm, on a random day. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The commercials during a random hour between 6pm and 8pm, on a random day. 34. Which of the following is an example of competition? A) Pet dog keeps a man company. B) Birds migrate south. C) Two vultures fight over a dead rabbit. D) A bear eats a fish. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Two vultures fight over a dead rabbit. 35. During one year, eight turtles are born into a population. Ten turtles immigrate into the population, but two emigrate to find mates.If the overall population growth is nine turtles, what was the death rate of turtles during the year?Use this formula:population growth = (birth rate + immigration)-(death rate + emigration) A) 9. B) 11. C) 7. D) 29. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 7. 36. People with common interests living on a square mile or square kilometer of land A) Trend. B) Death rate. C) Community. D) Birthrate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Community. 37. Which meaning goes with the Latin prefix Hydro- A) Living Things. B) Air. C) Land. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Water. 38. Occurs when the individuals in population reproduce at a constant rate A) Growth Rate. B) Carrying Capacity. C) Exponential Growth. D) Logistic Growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exponential Growth. 39. The largest population an area can support is called its ..... A) Carrying capacity. B) Biotic factor. C) Adaptation. D) Limited factor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carrying capacity. 40. The biosphere includes all of the following except? A) Low atmosphere. B) North American continents. C) Bottom of the Pacific Ocean. D) Surface of the Moon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Surface of the Moon. 41. Japan is made up of an archipelago. What is this? A) Chain of islands. B) Chain of mountains. C) Chain of peninsulas. D) Chain of grassy plains. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chain of islands. 42. Tuesday originated from Tiw A) Yes. B) No. C) Not sure. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 43. Which of the following is a density-dependent factor? A) Volcanic eruptions. B) Floods. C) Competition. D) Unusual weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Competition. 44. A company makes DVDs and randomly selects 25 from 1500 to test them to see if they work. A) Biased. B) Unbiased. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unbiased. 45. Which of the following is density-independent limiting factor? A) Disease. B) Earthquake. C) Predation. D) Competition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Earthquake. 46. The process of using resources to produce goods or provide services. A) Manufactured Goods. B) Natural Resources. C) Trade. D) Production. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Production. 47. Which environmental issue does Japan face today? A) Acid Rain. B) Water Pollution. C) Sewage & Wastewater. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 48. Which of the following determines the success or failure of a species? A) Rate of reproduction. B) Amount of food supply. C) Number of natural enemies. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 49. Which of the following is a LIVING part of an ecosystem? A) Sun. B) Trees. C) Mountains. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trees. 50. The struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources is called A) Competition. B) Parasitism. C) Predation. D) Symbiosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Competition. 51. The tiny country of Fremont has a net immigration of 3 per 1, 000, a crude birth rate of 9 per 1, 000, and a crude death rate of 11 per 1, 000. What is the growth rate (r) for this country? A) .1%. B) 1.0%. C) 10%. D) .01%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) .1%. 52. Why are temperate climates often densely populated? A) Temperature never drops below 0$^\circ$C. B) Distinct wet and dry season. C) No extremes of temperature/rainfall. D) Consistent rain every month. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No extremes of temperature/rainfall. 53. The struggle in a community for the same resources, such as food, water, and shelter. A) Population density. B) Carrying capacity. C) Limiting factor. D) Competition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Competition. 54. Civil war and bad government are examples of ..... A) Push factor. B) Pull factor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Push factor. 55. A mountain is ..... A) A transportation barrier. B) A transportation corridor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A transportation barrier. 56. Which is one way to help with invasive species? A) Deforestation. B) Pollution. C) Pets. D) Hunting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hunting. 57. A country wants to increase its agricultural production in a dry region. What strategic modification of the environment could they use, and why? A) Building more roads. B) Constructing irrigation canals to bring water to crops. C) Planting only native grasses. D) Limiting all farming activities. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Constructing irrigation canals to bring water to crops. 58. Water, Sunlight, Oxygen and Soil are all parts of an organisms ..... environment. A) Biotic. B) Abiotic. C) Living. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abiotic. 59. When a populations is known to be STABLE, it: A) Stays mostly the same, over time. B) There are more deaths. C) Horses live there. D) There are more births. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stays mostly the same, over time. 60. The maximum number of individuals of one species that an environment can support is called ..... A) Limiting factor. B) Carrying capacity. C) Competition. D) None of the above. 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