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Chapter 5 Populations
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Chapter Vocabulary Review
Defining Terms On the lines provided, write a definition for each of the
following terms.
1. population density
2. emigration
3. exponential growth
4. logistic growth
5. limiting factor
Multiple Choice On the lines provided, write the letter of the answer that best
completes the sentence or answers the question.
6. A lone elephant joining another herd of elephants is
an example of
a. emigration.
c. immigration.
b. parasitism.
d. exponential growth.
a. logistic growth
c. decreasing growth
b. exponential growth
d. density-dependent growth
Number of Elephants (millions)
Growth of Elephant Population
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15
10
5
0
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500
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Time (years)
750
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7. What type of growth is shown in the graph below?
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8. On a graph of population growth, the size of the
population when the growth rate decreases to zero
represents an area’s
a. density-independent limiting factor.
b. density-dependent limiting factor.
c. predator-prey relationship.
d. carrying capacity.
9. Parasitism is an example of a
a. density-independent limiting factor.
c. predator-prey relationship.
b. density-dependent limiting factor.
d. seasonal cycle.
10. The graph below is an example of
a. a density-independent factor.
c. a predator-prey relationship.
b. exponential growth.
d. an age-structure diagram.
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50
2000
40
1600
30
1200
20
800
10
400
0
1955
Number of Moose
Number of Wolves
Wolf and Moose Populations on Isle Royale
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0
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1965
1970
1975
Year
1980
1985
1990
1995
Moose
Wolves
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11. A natural disaster is classified as a(an)
a. density-dependent limiting factor.
c. logistic growth factor.
b. density-independent limiting factor.
d. exponential growth factor.
12. The statistical study of human populations is called
a. demography.
c. logistics.
b. immigration.
d. emigration.
13. The tendency of a population to shift from high birth and
death rates to low birth and death rates is called a(an)
a. density-dependent limiting factor.
c. carrying capacity.
b. demographic transition.
d. exponential growth.
14. Populations that have not undergone demographic
transition are characterized by
a. high infant mortality.
c. advances in medicine.
b. small families.
d. increased life expectancy.
15. What is another name for a population profile?
a. demographic transition
c. population density
b. age-structure diagram
d. demographic diagram
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