APES Human Population

The replacement-level fertility rate is ____ for developed countries and ____ for developing countries.

• 1.6; 1.9

• 2.5; 2.0

• 2.0; 2.5

• 2.1; 2.5

• 1.8; 2.1

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Which factor below is least likely to affect birth and fertility rates today?

• number of people 60 or older

• cost of raising and educating children

• religious beliefs

• educational and employment opportunities for women

• average age at marriage

A metropolitan region of 100,000 people has 2000 births, 500 deaths, 200 emigrants, and 100 immigrants over a 1-year period. Its population growth rate is

• 1.2 percent.

• 1.4 percent

• 1.6 percent.

• 1.8 percent.

• 2.0 percent.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Which of the following pairs of indicators best reflects the availability of health care in a country?

• Crude death rate and growth rate

• Crude death rate and crude birth rate

• Growth rate and life expectancy

• Infant mortality rate and life expectancy

• Infant mortality rate and crude death rate

Which of the following countries best exemplifies phase 4 of a demographic transition?

• Argentina

• China

• India

• Mexico

• Japan

Using the rule of 70, a population growing at 10% would double in

• 7 years

• 10 years

• 17 years

• 15 years

• not enough information to tell

Populations whose age structure diagrams are narrower at the bottom than at the top have

• high death rates

• the same proportion of individuals in each age group

• a declining population

• a high growth rate

• all of the above

Which was not a major cause of the population explosion that started with the industrial revolution?

• an increase in birth rates

• modern preventive medicine

• improved sanitation

• longer life expectancy

According to the population pyramid of this country, its population is most likely...

• growing slowly.
• growing rapidly.
• decreasing.
• not changing.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

A country with an age structure diagram like this one is most likely experiencing

• a high life expectancy.
• slow population growth.
• a short doubling time.
• a low infant mortality rate.