Survivorship Curves
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Q. What is survivorship curve and how is it useful?
- It is a plot of the age of organism against number of survivors in each age
- The curve explains how many of the newborn will survive in each organism
- It gives an idea if the organism follows K or R strategy of growth
- It indicates the organism's ability to survive natural disasters
Q. Survivorship curve gives an accurate idea of an organism’s growth rate and growth rate strategy.
- True
- False
Q. Which of the following Population is most likely to go extinct
- capable of absorbing water rapidly and retaining it
- capable of minimizing water loss and facilitating aeration to underground parts
- capable of reducing transpiration and able to store absorbed water
- presence of well organized leaves that are adapted to absorb nitrogenous matter
Q. Organisms following K-strategy show type I (convex) survival curve.


- True
- False
Q. Organisms that follow R-strategy show type III (concave) survival curve.


- True
- False
Q. Every organism falls exactly into one of the three types of survival curves.
- True
- False
Q. Organisms following K-strategy show type I (convex) survival curve.


- True
- False
Q. What is survivorship curve and how is it useful?
- It is a plot of the age of organism against number of survivors in each age
- The curve explains how many of the newborn will survive in each organism
- It gives an idea if the organism follows K or R strategy of growth
- It indicates the organism's ability to survive natural disasters
Q. Which of the following Population is most likely to go extinct
- A large population with lots of genetic variability.
- A moderate-sized population of r strategists
- A very small population in an unstable environment.
- All would be equally likely to go extinct
Q. Survivorship curve gives an accurate idea of an organism’s growth rate and growth rate strategy.
- True
- False