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6. ACFOR scale is a way of measuring abundance. What does the A stand for?

  • Absent
  • A lot
  • Abundant
  • Always

7. What is the calculation to work out birth rate?

  • number of population - original population
  • no of births per year / total population X 1000
  • no of births per year / total population X 100
  • no of births / no of adults X 100

8. What country best represents a growing population?

  • Germany
  • Uk
  • India
  • China

9. One assumption of mark releaser recapture is that marking hasn't rubbed off. What is another?

  • No births or deaths
  • Marking is poisonous
  • Immigration and emigration
  • systematic distribution of organisms

10. Frequency can be measured using a point quadrate. If 2 out of the 7 opints are touching a flower what is the frequency as percentage?

  • 0.28%
  • 28.6%
  • 35%
  • 30%

11. A non living factor that makes up a habitat eg temperature or pH?

  • Environment
  • Biotic
  • Abiotic
  • Community

12. Best sampling methode to use when looking at succession?

  • Point quadrate
  • Systematic belt transect
  • Line transect
  • Random quadrate

13. Best sampling methode to use when looking at dandelions in a field?

  • Line transect
  • Random quadrate
  • Systematic quadrate
  • Random belt transect

14. Which factor when decreased, increases competition and therefore population size?

  • Temperature
  • Light
  • Humidity
  • pH

15. An assumption of mark release recapture?

  • Sample is 50% of population
  • Sample is 30% of population
  • Sample is 10% of population
  • Sample is 100% of population