Unit 3 Population

A country currently has a population of 100 million and an annual growth rate of 3.5 percent. If the growth rate remains constant, what will be the population of this country in 40 years? (HINT: use the doubling time equation)

• 150 million

• 200 million

• 800 million

• 400 million

Which of the following countries are undergoing rapid population growth?

• Country II only

• Country III only

• Country I only

• Country II & III only

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Which of the following characteristics is most closely associated with a country that demonstrates the age structure in the diagram shown above?

• There is a low infant mortality rate.

• A high percentage of the population has access to medical care.

• There is a low population growth rate.

• There is a high total fertility rate.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

If the population of a country grows at a rate of approximately 5 percent per year, the number of years required for the population to double is closest to…

• 5 years

• 10 years

• 15 years

• 25 years

The crude growth rate, r , of a population is calculated by…

• multiplying the existing population size by life expectancy

• dividing the crude birth rate by 2

• dividing the doubling time by 70

• subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate

The increase in the size of Earth's human population in the last century has been dramatic. Which of the following identifies two major contributors to this increase?

• New methods of agriculture and the identification of new food crops

• The Industrial Revolution and modern medicine

• Increased emigration/immigration and decreased warfare

• New methods of birth control and decrease warfare

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

The rate of population growth starts to slow down at which point?

• The end of phase I

• The middle of phase II

• The beginning of phase III

• The end of phase III

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NGSS.HS-LS4-5

Which of the following is most likely the primary cause of high death rates in phase I?

• Loss of breeding-age males due to warfare

• Loss of breeding-age females due to disease

• Infant and childhood mortality

• General starvation due to famine

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which of the following pairs of statistics would most likely indicate the highest quality of life in a country?

• High rate of teenage pregnancy and low gross domestic product

• High life expectancy and low infant mortality

• High crude birth rate and low literacy rate

• High level of export and low social status of women

A country with an age distribution like that shown in the figure below, is most likely a country that…

• is experiencing slow or no population growth

• is experiencing rapid growth

• is experiencing a high death rate

• has 40% of the population under age 15