This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 9 > Class 9 Geography Chapter 6 Population – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 9 Geography Chapter 6 Population Quiz 18 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is true about populations? A) Populations always increase. B) Human populations have doubled in size. C) Human populations have stayed about the same. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Human populations have doubled in size. 2. All the living and nonliving things that interact in a particular area make up a(n) A) Ecosystem. B) Population. C) Community. D) Biome. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ecosystem. 3. Which factor is MOST LIKLEY to have had the greatest impact on human settlement patterns in Sub-Saharan Africa? A) Proximity to the region's numerous coal mines. B) Proximity to water sources needed for subsistence farming. C) Political boundaries created during European colonization. D) Urbanization resulting from the growth of the oil industry in the region. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Proximity to water sources needed for subsistence farming. 4. When a population has unlimited resources, and it continues to grow to its FULL LIVING POTENTIAL, it is called A) Peak. B) Top shelf. C) Resource controlled limit. D) Biotic potential. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biotic potential. 5. What TWO things are needed to calculate population density? A) Population and People. B) Area of Land and Population. C) People and Death Rate. D) Birth Rate and Death Rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Area of Land and Population. 6. What is the calculation of the number of deaths in a population each year? A) Death rate. B) Birth rate. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Death rate. 7. A group of organisms that live in an area at one time, as well as the climate, soil, water, and other nonliving parts of the environment. A) Biosphere. B) Community. C) Population. D) Ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ecosystem. 8. What did the Vikings influence in countries? A) Currency. B) Language. C) Culture. D) Government. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Culture. 9. What is Sex Ratio? A) Number of males per 1000 females in the population. B) Number of females per 100 males in the population. C) Number of females in the population. D) Number of females per 1000 males in the population. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Number of females per 1000 males in the population. 10. The largest population that an environment can support A) Carrying capacity. B) Ecosystem. C) Adaptation. D) Limiting factors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carrying capacity. 11. What is the birthrate? A) The number of deaths per year for every 1, 000 people. B) The number of births per year for every 1, 000 people. C) The growth rate of a population. D) The movement of people from place to place. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The number of births per year for every 1, 000 people. 12. Biotic or abiotic things that control the size of a population A) Limiting factor. B) Density-dependent factor. C) Density-independent factot. D) Tolerance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Limiting factor. 13. 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. 14. 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. 15. 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. 16. 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. 17. 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. 18. The growth rate of a population is represented with the letter: A) D. B) B. C) G. D) R. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) R. 19. The graph that shows population changeover time is ..... ? A) Growth Over Time Model (GOTM). B) Population Demographic Graph (PDG). C) Population Transition Graph (PTG). D) Demographic Transition Model (DTM). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Demographic Transition Model (DTM). 20. 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) 0.8. B) 0.6. C) 0.4. D) 0.2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 0.2. 21. Organisms that make up the living part of an ecosystem. A) Abiotic. B) Biotic factors. C) Ecology. D) Ecosystems. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biotic factors. 22. What age is considered too young to work full time according to dependency ratio? A) 0-12. B) 0-14. C) 2-17. D) 0-10. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 0-14. 23. Which of the following is an EXAMPLE of a limiting factor? A) Water. B) The color of the sky. C) Migration. D) Thick fur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water. 24. Which environment is difficult to farm due to the relief? A) Tropical rainforests. B) Mountain ranges. C) Deserts. D) Permanently frozen ground. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mountain ranges. 25. Which is MOST responsible for climate change? A) Mining. B) Photosynthesis. C) Burning fossil fuels. D) Deforestation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Burning fossil fuels. ← PreviousNext →Related 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 4Class 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 9Class 9 Geography Chapter 6 Population Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books