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What type of human population is represented by the following age pyramid? 


  • Stable population

  • Declining Population

  • Expanding population

  • Vanishing Population

Solution

B.

Declining Population

An age pyramid is a graphic representation of the proportion of various age groups of a population with pre-reproductive at the reproduction in the middle and posts-reproductive at the top. For human population, the age pyramids show age distribution of males and females in the combined diagram. The shape of the age pyramids reflects the growth status of the population. In a declining population the shape of the pyramid is urn- shaped.

Some More Questions From Organisms and Populations Chapter

The departure of a individual from a population is called :

In which interaction only one species is benefitted while the other species is neither harmed nor benefitted ?

Which of the following interaction both species suffer ?

In which of the following interaction both species are benefitted ?

Fill in the blanks with suitable words :

1. The optimal capacity of the organism to produce offspring is called........................

2. Rapid increase in human population is called........................

3. Mathematical expression of the growth of population is called........................

4. Yeast cells grown in a culture medium show........................growth curve.

5. Main cause of population explosion is........................

State true or false :

Coin one word for the following statements :

1.Organism that can tolerate only a narrow range of salinity.

2. Plants that can survive a wide range of temperature.

3. Interaction of two species in which one is benefited while other is neither benefited nor harmed.

4. Number of births during a given period in the population that are added to the initial density.

5. the process of maintaing a constant body temperature.

A few organisms can tolerate and thrive in a wide range of temperature, they are called........................

Majority of organisms are restricted to a narrow range of temperature, such organisms are called ........................ 

The organisms ideally try to maintain the constancy of its internal environment by the process called........................