Question

A cruise ship full of people crashes onto an island, and they are not contacted by the outside world for 100 years. The resulting island population depends on the demographics of the people on the cruise ship. For each scenario, match the demographic feature that would be limiting for the growth of that population.

1. a cruise that happened to be carrying a large supply of birth control
2. a cruise full of cancer patients
3. a male-only cruise
4. a cruise full of retirees
a) age structure
b) sex ratio
c) mortality rate
d) fecundity

Answer 1

1. age structure age structure = 3 a male-only cruise

2. sex ratio = 4 a cruise full of retirees

3. mortality rate = 2 a cruise full of cancer patients

4. fecundity = 1 a cruise that happened to be carrying a large supply of birth control

Step-by-step explanation:

1. Age structure mentioned all males

2. sex ratio was all retiree

3. mortality rate was based on patients health status leading them to death which was cancer.

4. fecundity was amount of fertility leading to birth rate which was controlled by birth control supply