Human Population QUIZ

What does the term carrying capacity describe?

• The 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 maximum population size that an environment can sustain.

VOCAB: The average number of children a female member of a population has during her lifetime

• total fertility rate

• replacement fertility rate

• growth rate

• death rate

Demography is the scientific study of

• parasitism and disease.
• modernized countries.
• human populations.
• none of these

About 200 years ago, the world’s population started

• decreasing.

• to reach carrying capacity.

• growing more rapidly.

• to level off.

The human population experienced exponential growth just after

• agriculture began.
• plowing and irrigation began.
• the bubonic plague began.
• the Industrial Revolution began.

Using Figure 5–6, describe the type of growth Mexico is experiencing.

• Mexico is experiencing a rapid growth rate because there are more children than adults.

• Mexico is experiencing no growth because people are living longer.

• Mexico is experiencing slowed growth because there are fewer adults.

• Mexico is experiencing a negative growth because there are more children than adults.

The growth of cities is:

• Immigration
• Urbanization
• Depersonalization
• Materialization

_____ countries/nations have higher incomes, lower/slower population growth, industrial based economies

• Developed

• Developing

Cities become known as _____________ because they heat up and cool down faster than their surrounding areas.

• hot spots

• heated lands

• heat islands

• hot islands

Buildings, roads, power supplies are some examples of ________ :

• slums

• facilities

• sanitations

• infrastructures