4.2 Human Populations

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.

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The carrying capacity of an environment for a particular species at a particular time is determined by the

• number of individuals in the species.
• distribution of the population.
• reproductive potential of the species.
• supply of the most limited resources

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As a population grows, it will most likely stop growing at what size?

• Growth limit
• Exponential limit
• Carrying Capacity
• It won't stop growing

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The process of entering one country to take up permanent or semi-permanent residence:

• immigration
• emigration
• migration
• supplication

What type of growth model is this?

• exponential growth model
• logistic growth model
• Type I curve
• Type III curve

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VOCAB: Introduction of machinery powered by fossil fuels, marked by the shift from a rural, agricultural-based society to an urban, industry-based society.

• Industrial Revolution
• Greenhouse Effect
• Endangered Species Act
• Climate Change

VOCAB: The study of human population statistics

• demography
• biology
• microbiology
• ecology

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VOCAB: describes the relative numbers of organisms of each age within a population and is often represented by a graph

• age structure diagram
• population growth rate
• demographic transition
• fertility rate

VOCAB: number of males compared to females in a population

• sex ratio
• age structure
• growth rate
• population shift

According to the population pyramid of this country, its population is most likely...

• growing slowly.
• growing rapidly.
• decreasing.
• not changing.

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