This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 9 > Geography > Population > Class 9 Geography Chapter 6 Population – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 9 Geography Chapter 6 Population Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The largest population that an environment can support A) Carrying capacity. B) Limiting factors. C) Adaptation. D) Ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carrying capacity. 2. What is the birthrate? A) The number of deaths per year for every 1, 000 people. B) The growth rate of a population. C) The number of births per year for every 1, 000 people. D) The movement of people from place to place. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The number of births per year for every 1, 000 people. 3. Biotic or abiotic things that control the size of a population A) Tolerance. B) Limiting factor. C) Density-independent factot. D) Density-dependent factor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Limiting factor. 4. Why is the population of the Sahara and Sahel so low? A) Scarcity of water. B) Too much rainfall. C) Limited access to oil. D) Too cold in the winter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scarcity of water. 5. A pull factor is ..... A) Something good that is pulling people to move. B) Something bad that is pushing people to move. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Something good that is pulling people to move. 6. What is the role of parasites in population dynamics? A) They increase the population size. B) They help organisms reproduce. C) They have no effect on the population. D) They rob organisms of nourishment and can decrease the population. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They rob organisms of nourishment and can decrease the population. 7. The size of a population will decrease if mortality ..... A) Increases. B) Decreases. C) Stays the same. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increases. 8. Leslie surveyed the 9 youngest students in the elementary school. Is this sample of the students in the school likely to be representative of all the students in the school? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 9. The growth rate of a population is represented with the letter: A) R. B) B. C) G. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) R. 10. The graph that shows population changeover time is ..... ? A) Population Demographic Graph (PDG). B) Demographic Transition Model (DTM). C) Population Transition Graph (PTG). D) Growth Over Time Model (GOTM). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Demographic Transition Model (DTM). 11. In a population of wildflowers, the frequency of the allele for red flowers was 0.8. What was the frequency of the white allele, the only other allele for flower colour? A) 0.4. B) 0.6. C) 0.2. D) 0.8. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 0.2. 12. Organisms that make up the living part of an ecosystem. A) Abiotic. B) Ecosystems. C) Ecology. D) Biotic factors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biotic factors. 13. What age is considered too young to work full time according to dependency ratio? A) 0-10. B) 0-12. C) 2-17. D) 0-14. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 0-14. 14. Which of the following is an EXAMPLE of a limiting factor? A) Water. B) Migration. C) Thick fur. D) The color of the sky. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water. 15. Which environment is difficult to farm due to the relief? A) Permanently frozen ground. B) Deserts. C) Mountain ranges. D) Tropical rainforests. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mountain ranges. 16. Which is MOST responsible for climate change? A) Photosynthesis. B) Deforestation. C) Burning fossil fuels. D) Mining. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Burning fossil fuels. 17. What is physiological density? A) A rare bone disease. B) Number of physical features in the landscapes. C) Total number of people in proportion to land area. D) Total population in proportion to the area of arable land suited for agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Total population in proportion to the area of arable land suited for agriculture. 18. When the ecosystem is dramatically changed due to the removal of a particular species, it is called a A) Apex Species. B) Generalist species. C) Specialist species. D) Keystone species. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Keystone species. 19. A manager samples receipts of every fifth person in line. Out of 50 people, 4 had a mispriced item. If 600 people go to the store each day, how many can you expect to have a mispriced item? A) 50 people. B) 12 people. C) 48 people. D) 80 people. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 48 people. 20. Why don't populations grow indefinitely? A) Limiting factors. B) Only biotic factors. C) Only abiotic factors. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Limiting factors. 21. A part of an ecosystem that can restrict the growth of a population is referred to as ..... A) A resource. B) A limiting factor. C) Immigration. D) Carrying capacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A limiting factor. 22. Fertilizer from agriculture flows into the ocean. What organism may directly benefit from this runoff? A) Algae. B) Dolphins. C) Oysters. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Algae. 23. Type of survivorship curve where most individuals live to an advanced age. A) Type I. B) Type II. C) Type III. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Type I. 24. One of any living thing is called a/an ..... A) Consumer. B) Biotic factor. C) Organism. D) Producer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Organism. 25. In Japan, the natural rate of increase is ..... because they are in stage ..... of the DTM. A) Negative, stage five. B) Zero, stage one. C) Positive, stage two. D) Stable, stage four. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Negative, stage five. 26. Movement of individuals out of a population A) Emigration. B) Carrying Capacity. C) Immigration. D) Growth Rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emigration. 27. The population of country may increase due to high birth rate. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 28. To see who has a computer at home the front office chooses 10 students randomly per grade to ask A) Biased. B) Unbiased. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unbiased. 29. Which example describes or illustrates how a density-dependent limiting factor can affect a forest ecosystem? A) A forest fire forces many animals to move to new habitats. B) A heat wave causes the death of many animals in the forest. C) A disease causes death of many animals in the forest. D) An earthquake causes the death of many animals in the forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A disease causes death of many animals in the forest. 30. The term used to describe the reasons for migration is called ..... A) Climate change. B) Factors of migration. C) Pull-push factors. D) Push-pull factors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Push-pull factors. 31. On a global scale, rapid population growth can harm the environment. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 32. In determining population of a species you would have to use this type of observation and count all of the species in the ecosystem. A) Mark and recapture. B) Indirect observation. C) Direct observation. D) Sampling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Direct observation. 33. The manager of a book store surveys people who buy mystery novels to see if the store should expand its hours. What is the population? A) People who visit the bookstore. B) People who buy mystery novels. C) People who like to read. D) Residents of the town. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People who visit the bookstore. 34. Which African region has been negatively affected by commercial logging, excessive fuel wood consumption, and slash and burn farming techniques? A) The rainforest. B) The savanna. C) The Sahara. D) The Sahel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The rainforest. 35. Anything that restricts the size of a population is a ..... A) Species. B) Biotic potential. C) Carrying capacity. D) Limiting factor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Limiting factor. 36. These countries have the lowest birth (fertility) rates A) Developing countries. B) Over developed countries. C) Developed countries. D) Urbanized countries. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Developed countries. 37. A swarm of bees is an example of a ..... A) Population. B) Community. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Population. 38. A relationship between two organisms in which both organisms benefit. A) Commensalism. B) Mutualism. C) Parasitsm. D) Competition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mutualism. 39. Japan is ..... times more densely populated than the USA A) 2. B) 20. C) 10. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 10. 40. The model that uses birthrates and death rates to show how populations in countries or regions change over time. A) Demographic transition model. B) Doubling time model. C) Demographic terrain model. D) Population transition model. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Demographic transition model. 41. Two or more members of a particular species living and interacting in the same area A) Biosphere. B) Population. C) Community. D) Organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Population. 42. What is the Industrial Revolution? A) A period of cultural revolution that took place during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. B) A period of political revolution that took place during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. C) A period of agricultural revolution that took place during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. D) A period of major industrialization that took place during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A period of major industrialization that took place during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. 43. ..... is a part of a group being surveyed. A) Sample. B) Population. C) Random Sample. D) Quartile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sample. 44. Three factors can affect population size A) Births, deaths, leaves or enters population. B) Houses, weather, heath. C) Deaths, birth, buildings. D) Photosynthesis, weather, deaths. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Births, deaths, leaves or enters population. 45. $\frac{b}{-10}\le1.25$ A) $b\le-0.125$. B) $b\le-12.5$. C) $b\ge-12.5$. D) $b\ge-0.125$. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) $b\ge-12.5$. 46. 8) Which ocean is located between North America and Europe? A) Indian Ocean. B) Pacific Ocean. C) Southern Ocean. D) Atlantic Ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Atlantic Ocean. 47. In which of these ways is Japan's population distribution similar to that of the rest of the world? A) Most people live in small towns. B) Most people live near a coastline. C) Most people live near the equator. D) Most people live at high elevations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Most people live near a coastline. 48. Which of the following could be used to determine health care for women and children A) Crude birth rate. B) Natural increase rate. C) Life expectancy. D) Crude death rate. E) Infant mortality rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Infant mortality rate. 49. A large population of ducks lives in an area with a lake. In the last 40 years, the size of the duck population has stayed the same. What must be true about the duck population during the last 40 years? A) The number of ducks that were born was the same as the number of ducks that died. B) No ducks were born and no ducks died. C) Humans started protecting the duck population so they stopped dying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The number of ducks that were born was the same as the number of ducks that died. 50. Biologists sedate the animal and fit them with radio collars before releasing them back into the wild which is a method that is used to count and monitor animal populations called A) Capture-mark-and-release method. B) Population density method. C) Food web method. D) Food chain method. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Capture-mark-and-release method. 51. A policy to make it easier for people to move into a country is called ..... A) Pro-immigration policy. B) Anti-immigration policy. C) Anti-natal policy. D) Pronatal policy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pro-immigration policy. 52. The rate of growth of an urban population. A) Urban Growth. B) Urbanisation. C) Urban Decline. D) Urban Rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Urban Growth. 53. Anything that restricts the size of a population. A) Limiting factor. B) Population density. C) Carrying capacity. D) Competition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Limiting factor. 54. Vikings settled in which country? A) USA. B) UEA. C) Ghana. D) Britain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Britain. 55. What is the Medical Revolution? A) The development of modern medical practices. B) The increase in life expectancy due to medical advancements. C) The discovery of antibiotics. D) The improvement of healthcare infrastructure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The increase in life expectancy due to medical advancements. 56. You can grow crops on how much of Japan's land? A) An eighth. B) A third. C) A quarter. D) A fifth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An eighth. 57. A diagram that shows the distribution of a population by age and gender A) Population distribution. B) Population density. C) Population doubling. D) Population pyramid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Population pyramid. 58. Most of the worldwide human population is growing exponentially because ..... A) Human populations have not reached their exponential curve. B) Most countries have not yet completed the demographic transition. C) Human populations do not conform to the logistic model. D) The food supply is limitless. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Most countries have not yet completed the demographic transition. 59. The number of deaths among infants under age one as measured per thousand live births A) Carrying capacity. B) Rate of natural decrease. C) Infant mortality rate. D) Death rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Infant mortality rate. 60. Members of a species living in a habitat are a A) Population. B) Habitat. C) Ecosystem. D) Community. 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