Population Attributes
Population Attributes: Overview
This Topic covers sub-topics such as Population, Immigration, Population Growth, Emigration, Population Density, Birth Rate, Population Ecology, Death Rate, Exponential Growth, Population Attributes, Population Growth Curve and, Age Structure
Important Questions on Population Attributes
Essential information that can be obtained by studying the population density of an organism is,
Which of the following variable is not involved in the exponential growth curve?
In the population growth curves shown below, ‘a’ and ‘b’ is representing:
Match List I with List II:
| List I | List II |
| A. Logistic growth | I. Unlimited resource availability condition |
| B. Exponential growth | II. Limited resource availability condition |
| C. Expanding age pyramid | III. The percent individuals of pre-reproductive age is largest followed by reproductive and post reproductive age groups |
| D. Stable age pyramid | IV. The percent individuals of pre-reproductives and reproductive age group are same |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
What parameters are used for tiger census in our country’s national parks and sanctuaries?
Which of the following will not provide a check on population growth?
What would be the status of the population after some years, if a population has more young individuals compared to older individuals?
In the graph below, where is population size and is time, represents
Species with high fecundity, high growth rates, and small body sizes are typically
According to the logistic population growth model, the growth rate is independent of
If 4 individuals are died and 8 individuals are born in a laboratory population of 40 fruit flies during time interval of 7 days, calculate the intrinsic rate of natural increase for fruit fly population per week
The density of the population will increase when:
To measure the population density of monarch butterflies occupying a particular park, butterflies are captured, marked with a small dot on a wing, and then released. The next day, another butterflies are captured, including the recapture of marked butterflies. One would correctly estimate the population to be
If most individuals in a population are young then why is the population likely to grow rapidly in the future
Which of the following statements is correct?
a) The number of organisms can increase but never decrease once a population reaches its carrying capacity.
b) All population experience exponential growth once they reach carrying capacity.
c) A population always grows rapidly once it reaches its carrying capacity.
d) Limiting factors can influence the number of organisms in a population once it reaches its carrying capacity.
In a pond, there were lotus plants in last year. Through reproduction, new lotus plants were added by reproduction in one year while plants died. The birth and death rate for the lotus population respectively are ..... and ....... individuals per lotus per year.
If individuals have died and individuals are born in a laboratory population of fruit flies during a time interval of days, calculate the intrinsic rate of natural increase for fruit fly population per week.
Which of the following statement is true for an urn-shaped pyramid?
The scientist who proposed the theory of human population is
