Biology Exploring Study Set 1

Which of the following regions will experience a huge increase in their population growth rates over the next 20 or 25 years?

Which trait is characteristic of a K-selected species?

Suppose that your friend asked you to explain population size to them. Which of the following should you tell them?

Suppose that you are studying nests in colonies of colonial birds. What distribution type would you most likely find?

Malaria is a disease that is spread by mosquito bites. What causes it?

What caused a little dip in the mid-fourteenth century in the human population growth?

Why is controlling malaria an example of a Sisyphean problem?

Which of the following is descriptive of a population experiencing exponential population growth?

Which term refers to distributions that tend to occur in populations in which individuals repel each other because resources are in short supply?

Suppose that you are studying generation time in a population. Which of the following are you most likely studying?

In which ways has the human population avoided the effects of density-dependent regulating factors?

Suppose that a population of 100 animals in logarithmic growth has r_max = 0.4 and K = 102. Also suppose that r = r_max(K - N)/K. What is the value of r?

Figure 29-1 -Which survivorship curve in in Figure 29-1 best fits humans who live in environments with good medical care?

Suppose that you want to monitor populations of endangered species. Which of these criteria would you use?

Which of following factors is an intrinsic control to population growth?

In the logistic model of population growth, what is expected to happen to r when N > K?

Figure 29-1 -Sea turtles are likely to die when they are young, but if they reach a large size, they have a good chance of surviving. Which survivorship curve in Figure 29-1 best fits sea turtles?

Which factor is a density-dependent regulator of population size?

What does the allocation of resources for survival, growth, and maximal reproduction determine?

Number of offspring and the amount of care provided to each offspring by their parents evolved along with which of the following characteristics?