Human Population Growth & Resource Consumption

How many babies are born per minute?

• 330 babies

• 150 babies

• 250 babies

• 425 babies

A rate of change that increases more and more rapidly over time.

• Population

• Birth Rate

• Exponential Growth

• Death Rate

What has happened to the size of the human population over time?

• Human population size did not change at all until around the year 1880.

• Human population size has grown slowly since the beginning of the Modern Age.

• The size of the human population began increasing rapidly within the last 200 years.

• The size of the human population has always increased at a steady rate.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Experts strongly disagree over

• how to define exponential growth

• the predicted world population for the year 2050

• whether the human population will stop growing

• how much the human population has grown in the last 500 years

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

In most areas of the world today

• people are richer than ever in human history

• people are smarter than ever in human history

• people weigh more than ever in human history

• people live longer than ever in human history

As the human population grows, the demand for natural resources stays the same.

• true

• false

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

If population and the demand for natural resources continue to grow at the present rate, the human population will be too large for Earth to support.

• true

• false

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Any useful material that is found in nature:

• Natural Resource
• Human Resource
• Plants

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

As the human population increases, so does the consumption of natural resources. What are some ways this impacts natural ecosystems and environments?

• negative impact

• positive impact

• habitat loss

• environmental pollution

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The _____________ the human population, the ______________ the amount of resources being used.

• greater, greater

• greater, least

• least, greater

• least, least

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4