Human Population

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

• Higher Education

• High Infant Mortality Rate

• No Prenatal Care

• No contraceptives

Which of the following makes it difficult to reduce population growth?

• High literacy rates result in women wanting to have more children
• Population sizes will not decline until some people start having to do without food and other necessities of life
• Many people live in cities, where large families are an advantage
• Many people have low literacy and limited access to healthcare

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

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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

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The most populous country in the world

• China
• India
• US
• Brazil

The maximum population size of a species that the environment can sustain indefinitely, given the food, habitat, water and other necessities available in the environment.

• sparse population
• environmental
• carrying capacity
• dense population

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The average number of people living in a square kilometer is called...

• urbanization. 
• internal migration. 
• population density. 
• pull factors. 

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