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Activity 8: Population Mortality Life Tables
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Activity 8: Population Mortality Life Tables

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What type of survivorship curve is characteristic of humans and elephants?

  • Type IV
  • Type III
  • Type II
  • Type I (correct)

    • In which survivorship curve is death rate fairly steady throughout life, such as in rodents?

  • Type IV
  • Type II (correct)
  • Type III
  • Type I

    • Which species exhibit a Type III survivorship curve with high juvenile mortality and low middle- and old-age mortality?

  • Oyster (correct)
  • Humans
  • Song sparrow
  • Elephants

    • What information does a population pyramid provide about a population?

    <p>Proportion of males and females in each age group</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In a population pyramid, what does the slope indicate about a country's demographics?

    <p>Death rate</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In a cohort life table, what does it follow?

    <p>The survival and reproduction of all members of a cohort from birth to death</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do static or time-specific life tables show?

    <p>The current probability of death for people of different ages in the current year</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of a life table?

    <p>To summarize the survival pattern of a population at different times during their lifetime</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why are data for life tables hard to collect for wild populations?

    <p>Due to the secretive nature of some animals</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How are survivorship curves related to life tables?

    <p>They show the proportion of a population that survives from one age to the next</p> Signup and view all the answers

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