AP Environmental Science Human Population

Which statement about human population growth is LEAST likely to be correct?

• Modern medicine has allowed human populations to extend well past the earth's carrying capacity, as more people survive for longer.
• Technological advances in farming and medicine will allow human populations to continue to grow without natural limits.
• Advances in agriculture have allowed the world's food supply to expand dramatically in the last 100 years.
• Worldwide, humans are reproducing more quickly than mortality is removing people from the population.

Which of the following leads to a decrease in birthrates among women?

• Higher Education
• High Infant Mortality Rate
• No Prenatal Care
• No contraceptives

Birthrate remains high, death rate begins to fall, total population increasing

• Stage 1 Demographic Transition
• Stage 2 Demographic Transition
• Stage 3 Demographic Transition
• Stage 4 Demographic Transition

All of the following are density independent factors EXCEPT

• Limited food
• Earthquakes
• Hurricanes
• Torandoes

The measure of the quality of life is also known as the

• Total Fertility Rate
• Replacement Level Fertility
• Infant Mortality Rate
• Birth Rate

The most populous country in the world

• China
• India
• US
• Brazil

A pyramid shaped age structure diagram would represent what type of growth?

• Declining
• Stable
• Rapid

The number of children an average woman would have during her reproductive years

• Birthrate
• IMR
• TFR
• Life expectancy

The number of individuals an environment can support is known as the

• Total Fertility Rate
• Exponential Growth
• Limiting Factor
• Carrying Capacity

Biotic Potential has

• Limiting Factors
• Reached Carrying Capacity
• Has No limiting Factors
• Scarce Resources