Human Population

In recent years, the human population has

• increased exponentially.

• decreased exponentially.

• decreased slowly.

• increased slowly

The average number of years an individual is predicted to live is called

• carrying capacity.

• life expectancy.

• growth rate.

• demography.

The number of organisms that an environment can support is called the

• life expectancy.

• demography.

• carrying capacity.

• growth rate.

The amount of people living in a given area is described as population

• morality.

• expectancy.

• rate.

• density.

Which factor(s) help increase total fertility rates?

• needing extra help on farms

• government programs supporting elderly adults

• more children surviving childhood

• one-child policies

What can be inferred about an area that has an age structure diagram with a pyramid shape?

• The population is likely to decrease in the future.

• There is a high proportion of older people to younger people.

• There is a high population growth rate.

• There is a low population growth rate.

The number of males compared to females in a population is the

• age structure.

• sex ratio.

• total fertility rate.

• demography

A population with fewer younger people than older people will likely decrease in the future.

• True

• False

Humans have a minor impact on their environment.

• True

• False

The number of babies out of 1,000 that die during their first year of life is called ____________________.

• Birth Rate

• Fertility Rate

• Infant mortality

• Fertility mortality