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Interdependence in Ecosystems
Given adequate resources and an absence of disease or predators, populations of organisms in ecosystems can incr…
Item IE077002: Populations increase when the number of births is greater than the number of deaths.
When would the size of a population of animals increase?
- When the number of births is less than the number of deaths.
- When the number of births is greater than the number of deaths.
- When the number of births is the same as the number of deaths.
- Populations of animals are always increasing.
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
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| n = 2861 |
6–8 n = 1592 |
9–12 n = 1261 |
Male n = 1359 |
Female n = 1452 |
English n = 2518 |
Other n = 270 |
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| A. | When the number of births is less than the number of deaths. | 8% | 9% | 7% | 9% | 7% | 8% | 10% |
| B. | When the number of births is greater than the number of deaths. | 77% | 73% | 81% | 75% | 78% | 77% | 71% |
| C. | When the number of births is the same as the number of deaths. | 7% | 8% | 5% | 7% | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| D. | Populations of animals are always increasing. | 9% | 9% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 8% | 12% |