JAMB Biology 2011 Objective — Question 44

Question 44 of 60 from the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Biology 2011 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.

Assuming that a period of stable population size is followed by a period when natality increases by ten (10) percent and immigration by twenty (20) percent of population size, the population size will

A. A. be at equilibrium
B. B. increase by forty (40) percent
C. C. begin to increaseCorrect
D. D. begin to decrease

Explanation

An increase in natality (birth rate) and immigration rate causes the population to begin to increase.

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