Enviro Chapter 13 Quiz Review

The factor most likely to result in a decrease in the size of a specific population is

• improved medical care
• increased food availability
• famine
• industrialization

The germ theory of disease established that many diseases are caused by

• microorganisms
• water
• poor nutrition
• bad luck

A nation with a population that is not increasing is

• Kenya
• United States
• Germany
• China

When calculating global population growth, the death rate is

• added to the birth rate
• subtracted from life
• multipled by 100
• subtracted from the birth rate

At present, the growth patterns of the human population are best described as

• above the carrying capacity
• geometric/exponential
• arithmetic/linear
• stable

The most rapid population growth rate resuled from

• the industrial revolution
• the agricultural revolution
• early permanent settlements
• hunting and gathering

Problems associated with a declining population size include

• increased famine
• decreased health care
• loss of habitat
• weakened economic strength

The change in energy consumption in the United States during the past 100 years is due to

• population growth
• modernization
• both populatioon growth and modernization
• neither population growth nor modernization

The birthrate is 25 per 1000 people.  The deathrate is 10 per 1000 people.  What is the growth rate?

• 25
• 1.5
• 3.5
• 35

What makes it difficult to control human population growth?

• declining food supply
• increased political pressure
• lack of higher education
• personal and cultural views