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Nature & science · Age 11 · Quarter 3 – Advanced Ecology

How Populations Grow and Shrink

Explain that populations change depending on births, deaths, immigration, and emigration.

Module

Quarter 3 – Advanced Ecology

Age

Age 11

Duration

10 min

Questions

5

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  1. Question 1

    Multiple choice

    Which four factors affect the size of a population?

  2. Question 2

    Multiple choice

    If more animals are born than die in a year, what happens to the population?

  3. Question 3

    Multiple choice

    Emigration means that individuals:

  4. Question 4

    True or false

    Immigration increases a population while emigration decreases it.

  5. Question 5

    Matching

    Match each population factor to its effect.

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