Chapter 53 Review: Population Ecology


  1. Which population at right is in the process of decreasing?
    1. I
    2. II
    3. III
    4. I and II
    5. II and III
  2. Economic development is often reflected in ________ infant mortality and ________ life expectancy.
    1. lower, higher
    2. higher, higher
    3. higher, lower
    4. lower, lower
  3. The change in population density over time is reflected in its
    1. dispersal pattern.
    2. geoparity.
    3. demography.
    4. ecological footprint.
    5. trophic pyramid.
  4. Mexico has not yet reached a demographic transition due to its
    1. low birth rate.
    2. high death rate.
    3. high divorce rate.
    4. low divorce rate.
    5. high birth rate.
  5. A population may show logistic growth when the ________ capacity of the environment is approached.
    1. caring
    2. carrying
    3. tolerating
    4. seating
    5. living
  6. "Big-bang" reproduction, where organisms reproduce a single time and die, is called
    1. population explosion.
    2. iteroparity.
    3. semelparity.
    4. r-selection.
    5. K-selection.