SMT Review Quiz 6: Human Populations

A Density Independent Limiting Factor is a limiting factor of a population that can affect population growth no matter what the population density. What is a density independent limiting factor that can affect the human population growth of North Carolina?

• disease

• hurricanes

• food supply

• water supply

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

What is a population’s total fertility rate?

• the number of births needed to keep a nation’s population stable

• the average number of children a male member of a population has each year

• the average number of children a female member of the population has during her lifetime

• the total number of babies born in a population each generation

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NGSS.HS-LS4-2

Which combination of factors will produce the highest rate of population growth?

• high birth and death rates

• low birth and death rates

• high birth and low death rates

• low birth and high death rates

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NGSS.HS-LS2-6

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

These graphs above are called

• life expectancy diagrams

• infant mortality diagrams

• demographic diagrams

• age structure diagrams

Which graph would most likely represent a Developing country

• Left graph

• Right Graph

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Which is the proper sequence of steps in the demographic transition model?

• pre-industrial, transitional, industrial, post-industrial

• pre-industrial, industrial, post-industrial, transitional

• transitional, pre-industrial, industrial, post-industrial

• post-industrial, transitional, industrial, pre-industrial

What happens during the transitional stage of the demographic transition?

• Birthrates and death rates fall

• Birth rates remain high, and death rates begin to fall

• Birth rates and death rates remain high

• Birth rates are low but death rates remain high

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

• life expectancy

• carrying capacity

• growth rate

• demography

What does the replacement fertility rate depend on most?

• population growth

• total fertility rate

• demography

• death rate

Which correctly describes the term demographic transition?

• The transition from low birth rates and death rates to high birth rates and death rates as a country develops.

• The transition from high birth rates and death rates to low birth rates and death rates as a country develops.

• The transition from high birth rates to low death rates as a country develops.

• The transition from low birth rates to high death rates as a country develops.