This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 9 > Class 9 Geography Chapter 6 Population – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 9 Geography Chapter 6 Population Quiz 17 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The average number of people living on a square mile or square kilometer of land A) Population density. B) Population distribution. C) Population pyramid. D) Population doubling time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Population density. 2. Population density can be best described as: A) The amount of deaths that occur in a population. B) The amount of births that occur in a population. C) The amount of individuals in a given space. D) The amount of available nutrients in an ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The amount of individuals in a given space. 3. True or False:The less energy storage molecules available to a population, the more the organisms in that population can reproduce. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 4. Which country below is experiencing a natural decrease of its population. A) Brazil. B) Japan. C) India. D) Vietnam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Japan. 5. If an area is located near a water source, has a mild climate, and has access to natural resources, what is its population density most likely going to be? A) Scarcely populated. B) Densely populated. C) Medium populated. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Densely populated. 6. Number of organisms per certain area A) Carrying capacity. B) Limiting factor. C) Total population. D) Population density. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Population density. 7. Growth pattern in which a population's growth slows and then stops following a period of exponential growth A) Logistical growth. B) Exponential growth. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logistical growth. 8. How do ecologists estimate the size of a large population? A) By observing their behavior. B) By measuring the area they occupy. C) By using a sampling method. D) By counting every individual. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By using a sampling method. 9. What type of interaction occurs when beech and maple trees are in the same forest? A) Cooperation. B) Competition. C) Cohabitance. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Competition. 10. What can cause a population to grow exponentially? A) Frequent natural disasters. B) Abundant space and food, and protection from predators and disease. C) Increased predation. D) Limited space and food. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abundant space and food, and protection from predators and disease. 11. A flowering plant has seeds that are carried by the wind. Infer the most likely dispersion pattern of the plants that grow from these seeds. A) Uniform. B) Clumped groups. C) Random. D) Spatial. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Random. 12. The number of years it takes Plano's population to go from 10, 000 to 20, 000 is known as ..... A) Crude Birth Rate. B) Crude Death Rate. C) Natural Increase Rate. D) Doubling Time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Doubling Time. 13. If you divide the population of a country by its arable land area what statistic do you get? A) Arithmetic population density. B) Physiologic population density. C) Seriously why am I dividing in Social studies?. D) Percentage point. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Physiologic population density. 14. One SINGLE living thing is A) An organism. B) A community. C) A population. D) An ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An organism. 15. VOCAB:describes the relative numbers of organisms of each age within a population and is often represented by a graph A) Age structure diagram. B) Population growth rate. C) Demographic transition. D) Fertility rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Age structure diagram. 16. What is the rate at which the population of a species increases or decreases over time, taking into account births, deaths, immigration, and emigration? A) Resources. B) MEDC. C) LED. D) Population Growth Rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Population Growth Rate. 17. Spatial distribution of individual within the population A) Geographic Distribution. B) Population Density. C) Dispersion. D) Growth Rate. E) Age Structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dispersion. 18. Which of the following is a proven way to lower birth rates in a country? A) Lower taxes. B) Lower food prices. C) Increase education of women. D) Increase marriage rates. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Increase education of women. 19. A population is described as A) All living and non-living things in an ecosystem. B) All of the same species living in an area. C) All living things in an area. D) All the non-living factors of an ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All of the same species living in an area. 20. A(n) ..... enters the country while a(n) ..... exits the country. A) Immigrant, emigrant. B) Emigrant, immigrant. C) Refugee, internally displaced person. D) Counter migration, step migration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Immigrant, emigrant. 21. Food, Water, Space and Weather are all examples of a ..... in an environment. A) Population. B) Limiting factor. C) Carrying capacity. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Limiting factor. 22. A mayor wanted to see if the people in his town thought he was doing a good job. Which choice best represents a sample? A) 242 voters. B) The residents of the town. C) The mayor's family. D) 1, 000 unemployed voters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 242 voters. 23. Abiotic factors are nonliving things in an ecosystem. Select the list that only contains abiotic factors. A) Variety of food sources, annual precipitation, and number of decomposers. B) The density of predators, water depth, types of parasites. C) Precipitation amount, number of prey species, plant types. D) Water temperature, amount of sunlight, soil type. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Water temperature, amount of sunlight, soil type. 24. Occurs when a population's growth slows A) Growth Rate. B) Logistic Growth. C) Exponential Growth. D) Carrying Capacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logistic Growth. 25. True or False:all samples lead to a good prediction about an entire population. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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