Human Population Review Part 1

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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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.

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In recent years, the human population has 

• increased exponentially
• decreased exponentially
• decreased slowly
• increased slowy

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Countries with high growth rates usually have an age structure that has

• an even distribution over all ages
• more older people than young people
• more younger people than older people.
• more middle-aged people than younger people.

Which of the following is likely to be affected by a population of 7 billion?

• amount of land for agriculture

• amount of clean water

• number of people who are unemployed

• all of the above

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

Population growth and fertility rates are lowest in

• upper-income countries
• upper- and middle-income countries
• middle- and low-income countries
• lower-income countries

The most populous country in the world

• China
• India
• US
• Brazil

The human population is now about

• 300 million

• 1.3 billion

• 7 billion

• 12 billion

What kind of growth is this country experiencing?

• Exponential Growth
• Stable Growth
• Declining Growth

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