This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 9 > Geography > Population > Class 9 Geography Chapter 6 Population – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 9 Geography Chapter 6 Population Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Countries like Germany, Russia, Japan, and the United States are dealing with A) A decreasing life expectancy among younger populations. B) An increasing need for child care centers. C) Revenue for support programs for elderly populations are declining with a declining working population. D) Sex ratio is becoming disproportionate. E) Total population is decreasing in all these countries. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Revenue for support programs for elderly populations are declining with a declining working population. 2. Suppose that a species of toad is introduced into a new environment in an attempt to reduce the population of insects. The toad has no natural predators in the new environment. The toad population would most likely A) Increase logistically. B) Increase exponentially. C) Decrease rapidly and die out. D) Remain the same. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Increase exponentially. 3. What is the effect of predation on prey populations? A) Has no effect on prey population. B) Stabilizes prey population. C) Increases prey population. D) Decreases prey population. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Decreases prey population. 4. A bar graph showing the distribution by gender and age group of a country's population. A) Population Line. B) Population Graph. C) Population Pyramid. D) Population Square. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Population Pyramid. 5. A severe frost wipes out 50% of the coffee crop in Brazil. A) Density-Dependent. B) Density-Independent. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Density-Independent. 6. 3) What is the longest river in the world? A) Yangtze. B) Nile. C) Missouri. D) Amazon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nile. 7. What is the teacher name sign outside of room H207 say? A) Teacher Sperry. B) Sperry. C) Prof. Sperry. D) Mr. Sperry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prof. Sperry. 8. The instinctive seasonal movement of a population of organisms from one place to another. A) Hibernation. B) Migration. C) Emigration. D) Immigration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Migration. 9. Which sparsely populated region make up 20% of the Earth's land? A) Dry Lands. B) Wet Lands. C) Cold Lands. D) High Lands. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dry Lands. 10. The largest number of individuals in a species that an environment can support long term A) Population density. B) Immigration. C) Carrying capacity. D) Emigration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carrying capacity. 11. A factor that causes people to leave their homelands and migrate to another region A) Push factor. B) Pull factor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Push factor. 12. When something remains mostly the same over time it is said to have ..... ? A) Boring. B) Stability. C) Uneventful. D) Potential Energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stability. 13. In our Amplify story, what is the problem we are trying to solve? A) Why are there so many different species living in Glacier Sea?. B) Why did the population of moon jellies in Glacier Sea mysteriously increase?. C) How has climate change affected Glacier Sea?. D) Why is the moon jelly the only type of jelly in Glacier Sea?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Why did the population of moon jellies in Glacier Sea mysteriously increase?. 14. The number of organisms living in a given amountof space A) Population density. B) Limiting factor. C) Carrying factor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Population density. 15. What do you call a period of rapid growth? A) Emigration. B) Predator-prey cycle. C) Logistic growth. D) Exponential growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exponential growth. 16. The number of males and females of each age in a population A) Demography. B) Demographic transition. C) Age structure. D) Population density. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Age structure. 17. Observing the signs of the organism rather than the organism itself A) Direct Observation. B) Indirect Observation. C) Sampling. D) Mark-and-recapture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect Observation. 18. Who are Adolescents? A) The age group of to 10 years. B) The age group of to 19 years. C) The age group of to 20 years. D) The age group of to 15 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The age group of to 19 years. 19. A ..... is all the living and non-living things interacting in a particular area. A) Sample. B) Ecosystem. C) Population. D) Organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ecosystem. 20. What is the term for the movement of individuals into an area occupied by an existing population? A) Emigration. B) Logistical growth. C) Immigration. D) Exponential growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Immigration. 21. If the squirrel population increases then animals that are predators of squirrels, such as owls and foxes, will ..... A) Go extinct. B) Increase. C) Stay the same. D) Decrease. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Increase. 22. What is the term for the number of individuals per unit area? A) Geographic range. B) Growth rate. C) Population density. D) Age structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Population density. 23. Spatial distribution types are random, clumped, or uniform A) Growth Rate. B) Age Structure. C) Dispersion. D) Geographic Distribution. E) Population Density. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dispersion. 24. What's the largest trade route in Chinese history that expanded to Africa and India? A) Copper Road. B) Gunpowder Road. C) Silk Road. D) The Great Wall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Silk Road. 25. Reproduction requires a lot of ..... A) Energy. B) Organisms. C) Sample. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Energy. 26. A population of bluefish lives in the Gulf of Mexico. Over the last 50 years, the size of the bluefish population has decreased. What best explains the decrease in the size of the bluefish population? A) A lot of bluefish died and no new bluefish were born. B) More bluefish were born than died. C) Fewer bluefish were born than died. D) The bluefish population is always decreasing because bluefish are always being eaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fewer bluefish were born than died. 27. Which is an example of a natural disaster limiting population growth? A) A month of heavy rainfall fills up watering holes, and a zebra population has plenty of water. B) Space in a forest becomes crowded, and a population of low-lying plants cannot get enough sunlight. C) A strong thunderstorm destroys many of the nests of a bird population. D) A month of colder air in the spring delays the growth of plants that provide food for a deer population. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A strong thunderstorm destroys many of the nests of a bird population. 28. One that hunts for food A) Predator. B) Prey. C) Predation. D) Competition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Predator. 29. Why are the majority of Sub-Saharan African cities located along major rivers and the coast? A) They grew up because of internal tribal wars. B) They needed access to bodies of water for trade. C) The interior is filled with desert and mountains. D) The exterior is filled with desert and mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They needed access to bodies of water for trade. 30. Why are many environments in China similar to that of the United States? A) The US and China share the same government system. B) The US and China cover the same latitude position. C) The both share a west coast. D) The US and China are equally spaced out through their countries. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The US and China cover the same latitude position. 31. What best describes a stable system? A) It can be stable even as things are being added to and removed from it. B) It remains stable only when nothing is added or removed. C) It becomes unstable if things are added or removed. D) It changes drastically when things are being added or removed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It can be stable even as things are being added to and removed from it. 32. Calculate the population density of Country O:(Population = 809, 000 & Area = 116km$^{2}$) A) 6975 people/ km$^{2}$. B) 6974.1 people/ km$^{2}$. C) 6970 people/ km$^{2}$. D) 6974 people/ km$^{2}$. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 6974 people/ km$^{2}$. 33. Abigail is studying geography and wants to understand what population density means. What is population density? A) The number of people living per unit area. B) The number of people who migrate in a year. C) The number of countries in a continent. D) The total land area of a country. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The number of people living per unit area. 34. Which of the following means to flee danger in your country? A) Immigrate. B) Refugee. C) Emigrate. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Refugee. 35. An environment that provides the things an organism needs is its ..... A) Biotic factor. B) Habitat. C) Ecosystem. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Habitat. 36. The theory that relates the process of industrialisation to declining death rates followed by declines in birth rates A) Demographic Transition. B) Death Rate. C) Migration. D) Infant Mortality Rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Demographic Transition. 37. The study of all ecosystems on Earth is called A) Embryology. B) Ecology. C) Biology. D) Histology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ecology. 38. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of human population? A) Male/Female Distribution. B) Life Expectancy. C) Capital Resources. D) Education. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Capital Resources. 39. How many "main islands" does Japan consist of? A) 8. B) 2. C) 4. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4. 40. Few rocks in the desert cause lizard populations to be small A) Abiotic factor. B) Biotic factor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abiotic factor. 41. Limiting factor that affects all populations in similar ways A) Density-independent limiting factor. B) Limiting factor. C) Density-dependent limiting factor. D) Demography. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Density-independent limiting factor. 42. Which groups are considered to be part of the dependency ratio? A) Seniors above 64 and children below 15. B) Seniors above 70 and children below 14. C) Any adult between the age of 16 to 63. D) Seniors above 85 and children below 18. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seniors above 64 and children below 15. 43. The movement of organisms into a range is called A) Population shift. B) Carrying capacity. C) Immigration. D) Emigration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Immigration. 44. Which geographic feature is MOST influential in determining the population distribution in Southwest Asia? A) Mountain ranges. B) Deserts. C) Rivers. D) Grasslands. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rivers. 45. Which continent is Japan located in? A) Europe. B) Asia. C) Africa. D) South America. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asia. 46. What type of growth is the human population experiencing today? A) Zero population growth. B) Slight increases in growth. C) Exponential growth. D) Slight decreases in growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exponential growth. 47. A population of mice lives in the northeastern United States. Over the last 50 years, the size of the mouse population decreased. What best explains the decrease in the size of the mouse population? A) Fewer mice were born than died. B) A lot of mice died and no new mice were born. C) More mice were born than died. D) The mouse population is always decreasing because mice are always being eaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fewer mice were born than died. 48. 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 percentage of homozygous dominant in this population? A) 98 %. B) 74 %. C) 56 %. D) 10 %. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 98 %. 49. A random survey of 7th graders finds that 7 out of 10 have more than 1 hour of screen time each day. If there are 110 7th graders in your school, how many would you expect to have more than 1 hour of screen time? A) 75. B) 81. C) 70. D) 77. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 77. 50. I surveyed 100 people at a grocery store by selecting every 3rd person that entered, does this sample represent the local population? A) Yes, it is random and unbiased. B) Yes, it is random and biased. C) No, while it is random, it is also biased. D) No, while it is random, it is also unbiased. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No, while it is random, it is also biased. 51. Under which condition will the population size be stable? A) When there are more births than deaths. B) When there are more deaths than births. C) When the number of births and deaths in a given time are equal. D) The population size is always stable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When the number of births and deaths in a given time are equal. 52. The standard biological ratio at birth of 105 males to 100 females is NOT characteristic of which region? A) China. B) Germany. C) The United States. D) Argentina. E) The Republic of South Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) China. 53. The frequency of a dominant allele is 0.6. What is the frequency of its recessive allele? A) 0.4. B) 0.12. C) 0.16. D) 0.3. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 0.4. 54. To determine how often people eat out, every tenth person entering a fast food restaurant is surveyed. A) Biased Sample. B) Unbiased Sample. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biased Sample. 55. The use of resources to buy, sell, produce, or consume goods and services. A) Economic Activity. B) Manufactured Goods. C) Population Distribution. D) Trade. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Economic Activity. 56. A railway that is underground is a type of public transit system that billions of people use every year. A) Airbnb. B) Airports. C) Uber. D) Subways. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subways. 57. A school principal wants to see which subject the 695 students in his school liked best. Which choice BEST represents a representative sample? A) All girls in the school. B) All students who have an A in Social Studies. C) All students who are failing science. D) 1 class from each grade level. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1 class from each grade level. 58. The lunch program at Saxe is being revised to align with new nutritional standards. They send a survey out to every student in the school to learn about school lunches. Does this represent the population or a sample? A) Population. B) Sample. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Population. 59. Individuals ..... when they work together to obtain resources. A) Cooperate. B) Compete. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cooperate. 60. What happens to a population with a lack of limiting factors (predators, disease, competition, and other factors that decrease population growth). A) Shrinks. B) Emigration. C) Indefinite growth. D) Immigration. 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