Chapter 55: Population Ecology

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

Multiple Choice

 

1. Which of the following statements about efforts to introduce large mammals to small isolated islands is true?
2. The populations never become established and invariably go extinct within a decade or two.
3. Such efforts always result in an initial population explosion, but then there is a crash.
4. Such efforts always succeed and result in the formation of stable populations.
5. Such efforts always result in populations with cyclical population dynamics.
6. None of the above

Answer: e

Textbook Reference: 55.0 Reindeer games

Page: 1167–1168

Bloom’s Category: 1. Remembering

 

2. In northern forests and tundra, the primary nonhuman predators of large grazing mammals such as reindeer are
3. moose.
4. wolves.
5. bears.
6. lions.
7. elk.

Answer: b

Textbook Reference: 55.0 Reindeer games

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Bloom’s Category: 1. Remembering

 

3. The patterns and processes of changes in populations are called population
4. structure.
5. demography.
6. density.
7. dispersion.
8. dynamics.

Answer: e

Textbook Reference: 55.1 How Do Ecologists Study Populations?

Page: 1168

Bloom’s Category: 1. Remembering

 

4. If four hundred robins are found in a ten-hectare plot, the density of robins in that plot is _______ robin(s)/ha.
5. 1
6. 4
7. 40
8. 400
9. 4,000

Answer: c

Textbook Reference: 55.1 How Do Ecologists Study Populations?

Page: 1168

Bloom’s Category: 3. Applying

 

5. If a total of 2,400 oak trees are counted in a 6 km × 2 km rectangular patch of land, the density of the oak trees is _______ per square km.
6. 24
7. 48
8. 96
9. 120
10. 200

Answer: e

Textbook Reference: 55.1 How Do Ecologists Study Populations?

Page: 1168

Bloom’s Category: 3. Applying