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- 1. Multiple Choice
If a population grows larger than its environmental carrying capacity, then
death rate may rise.
death rate may fall significantly.
birth rate may rise significantly.
immigration rate may increase.
- 2. Multiple Choice
What does the term carrying capacity describe?
The maximum number of birth rates for a population.
The ability of a population to accept new immigrants.
The ratio of birth rates to death rates in a population.
The population size that the environment can sustain.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which correctly describes the term demographic transition?
The transition from low birth rates and death rates to high birth rates and death rates as a country develops.
The transition from high birth rates and death rates to low birth rates and death rates as a country develops.
The transition from high birth rates to low death rates as a country develops.
The transition from low birth rates to high death rates as a country develops.
- 4. Multiple Choice
A Density Independent Limiting Factor is a limiting factor of a population that can affect population growth no matter what the population density. What is a density independent limiting factor that can affect the human population growth of North Carolina?
disease
hurricanes
food supply
water supply
- 5. Multiple Choice
VOCAB: The average number of children a female member of a population has during her lifetime
total fertility rate
replacement fertility rate
growth rate
death rate
- 6. Multiple ChoiceVOCAB: describes the relative numbers of organisms of each age within a population and is often represented by a graphage structure diagrampopulation growth ratedemographic transitionfertility rate
- 7. Multiple ChoiceAccording to the population pyramid of this country, its population is most likely...growing slowly.growing rapidly.decreasing.not changing.
- 8. Multiple ChoiceIn recent years, the human population hasincreased exponentiallydecreased exponentiallydecreased slowlyincreased slowy
- 9. Multiple ChoiceCountries with high growth rates usually have an age structure that hasan even distribution over all agesmore older people than young peoplemore younger people than older people.more middle-aged people than younger people.
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which of the following leads to a decrease in birthrates among women?
Higher Education
High Infant Mortality Rate
No Prenatal Care
No contraceptives
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following makes it difficult to reduce population growth?High literacy rates result in women wanting to have more childrenPopulation sizes will not decline until some people start having to do without food and other necessities of lifeMany people live in cities, where large families are an advantageMany people have low literacy and limited access to healthcare
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhich region of the world has the fastest growing population?Southeast AsiaEastern EuropeSub-Saharan AfricaLatin America
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is likely to be affected by a population of 7 billion?amount of land for agricultureamount of clean waternumber of people who are unemployedall of the above
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which problem today is primarily the result of the Industrial Revolution?
extensive air and water pollution
increased transmission of disease between people living in close proximity
decline in quality of agricultural soil
erosion from deforestation as more fuel wood is harvested
- 15. Multiple ChoicePopulation growth and fertility rates are lowest inupper-income countriesupper- and middle-income countriesmiddle- and low-income countrieslower-income countries
- 16. Multiple ChoiceThe most populous country in the worldChinaIndiaUSBrazil
- 17. Multiple ChoiceThe number of babies out of 1,000 that die during their first year of life is calledinfant mortalitygrowth ratedemography
- 18. Multiple Choiceanother word for farmingagriculturetechnologyspecializationshrine
- 19. Multiple Choice
According to this graph, Which stage of the demographic transition has the highest level of population growth?
pre-industrial
transitional
industrial
post-industrial
- 20. Multiple Choice
The human population is now about
300 million
1.3 billion
7 billion
12 billion
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