Class 9 Geography Chapter 6 Population Quiz 48 (11 MCQs)

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1. If the resource population decreases, then the consumer population will .....

Correct Answer: C) Decrease.

2. Living or once living things in the environment

Correct Answer: A) Biotic factors.

3. The land that is available for growing food is called:

Correct Answer: B) Arable land.

4. All members of one species in a certain area.

Correct Answer: A) Population.

5. Barnacles create home sites by attaching themselves to whales. This neither harms nor benefits the whales.

Correct Answer: C) Commensalism.

6. Which of the following make up populations?

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

7. Which of the following helps a species to reduce competition?

Correct Answer: B) Specialising in accessing part of a resource that other species do not use.

8. What is the natural increase?

Correct Answer: C) The growth rate of a population.

9. If a population grows larger than the carrying capacity, what happens?

Correct Answer: A) Death rate rises.

10. What is the population density of a region that has 1, 000 people and 100 square miles of land.

Correct Answer: B) 10 people per square mile.

11. Temperature, light, air, water, and soil are all ..... parts of the environment

Correct Answer: C) Abiotic.