This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 9 > Class 9 Geography Chapter 6 Population – Quiz 34 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 9 Geography Chapter 6 Population Quiz 34 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The situation where the existing population is too large to be adequately supported by available resources. A) Population Density. B) Distribution. C) Overpopulation. D) Birth Rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Overpopulation. 2. Which of the following is a geographic factor that often leads to high population density in a region? A) Proximity to deserts. B) Access to fresh water. C) Frequent earthquakes. D) High mountain ranges. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Access to fresh water. 3. What does the birth rate indicate in a population? A) The movement of people from one place to another. B) The difference between the birth rate and the death rate. C) The number of deaths per 1, 000 people in a population per year. D) The number of births per 1, 000 people in a population per year. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The number of births per 1, 000 people in a population per year. 4. What is the difference between calculating ARITHMETIC and PHYSIOLOGICAL population density? A) One of them you divide and the other you multiply. B) One of them you add and the other one you subtract. C) One of them includes animals and other livestock and the other only people. D) One of them includes all the land the other only uses the arable land. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) One of them includes all the land the other only uses the arable land. 5. A population of 150 individuals has an allele frequency of 0.7 for the recessive allele. Use the Hardy-Weinberg equation to determine the heterozygous genotype frequency. A) 0.09. B) 0.42. C) 0.49. D) 0.21. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 0.42. 6. Teachers want to know how many sports students on the Blue Team play. What would be an appropriate way to gather a sample? A) Put all student names in a hat and randomly pick 20 names. B) Ask the first twenty students who enter the cafeteria. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Put all student names in a hat and randomly pick 20 names. 7. One example of competition among members of a meerkat population is A) Fighting over mates. B) Warning others of danger. C) Huddling together to stay warm. D) Teaching young to search for food. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fighting over mates. 8. Which population growth rate model accounts for limiting factors? A) Exponential. B) Logistic. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logistic. 9. True or False? Consumer populations eat resource populations to get the energy they need to reproduce. A) True. B) False. C) Neither True or False. D) Both True and False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. A limiting factor is? A) Something that speeds up the growth of a population. B) Something that slows down or stops the growth of a population. C) Something that causes animals to die. D) Something that creates more resources fr a population. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Something that slows down or stops the growth of a population. 11. The geographical characteristics, such as landforms, climate, and soil, of a location. A) Economic Activity. B) Physical Environment. C) Location. D) Population Distribution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Physical Environment. 12. What country has the 3rd largest population in the world? A) India. B) China. C) U.S. D) Mexico. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) U.S. 13. A(n) ..... is a group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other to produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce. A) Organism. B) Species. C) Population. D) Community. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Species. 14. A community lives in a region with very little rainfall. Using reasoning, how might they adapt to ensure they have enough water? A) By relying only on rainwater. B) By building irrigation systems and storing water. C) By moving to a rainforest. D) By planting only desert plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By building irrigation systems and storing water. 15. Define food web A) A model that shows what eats what in an ecosystem. B) The result of one cause leading to an effect that causes one or more other effects. C) A group of atoms joined together in a particular way. D) Living things, such as plants, animals, and bacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A model that shows what eats what in an ecosystem. 16. If a population is DECREASING this means ..... A) There are more births than deaths. B) There are less births than deaths. C) There are the same amount of births as deaths. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There are less births than deaths. 17. Average number of children a woman gives birth to in her lifetime. A) Birthrate. B) Fertility Rate. C) Replacement Level. D) Survivorship. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fertility Rate. 18. How can the size of a population be affected in a food web? A) It can only be affected by the population it preys upon. B) It cannot be affected by any population in the food web. C) It can be affected by any population that is connected to it in a food web, even if they are not directly connected. D) It can only be affected by the population that preys on it. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It can be affected by any population that is connected to it in a food web, even if they are not directly connected. 19. The total number of people in proportion to the area of land. A) Population Density. B) Agricultural Density. C) Density. D) Physiological density. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Population Density. 20. How do producers get energy storage molecules? A) By eating other animals (through food). B) They make their own through photosynthesis. C) They don't need energy storage molecules. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They make their own through photosynthesis. 21. What region of the world has the lowest life expectancy? A) Europe. B) North America. C) Australia. D) Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Africa. 22. The scientific study of human populations is called A) Populography. B) People science. C) Humanology. D) Demography. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Demography. 23. In the Arctic region, polar bears eat seals, and seals eat cod(fish). The past 5 years the sizes of all populations were stable, but recently the size of the polar bear population decreased. What will probably happen to the cod(fish) population? A) Increase. B) Stay the same. C) Decrease. D) Not sure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Decrease. 24. Which is a biotic factor that affects the size of a population in a specific ecosystem? A) Number and kinds of predators in the ecosystem. B) Average temperature of the ecosystem. C) Type of soil in the ecosystem. D) Concentration of oxygen in the ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Number and kinds of predators in the ecosystem. 25. The population of the Earth as of today is ..... A) 4.6 billion. B) 6 billion. C) About 7 billion. D) Over 8 billion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Over 8 billion. ← 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