Science

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.

What kind of growth is this country experiencing?

• Exponential Growth
• Stable Growth
• Declining Growth

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

• Higher Education

• High Infant Mortality Rate

• No Prenatal Care

• No contraceptives

What type of growth is the human population experiencing today?

• Exponential growth

• Zero population growth

• Slight decreases in growth

• Slight increases in growth

Have the highest birth rates

• urbanization

• developed countries

• least-developed countries

• arable land

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.

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

In recent years, the human population has 

• increased exponentially
• decreased exponentially
• decreased slowly
• increased slowy

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

The number of live births per 1000 people is called the...

• growth rate.
• infant rate.
• baby total.
• birth rate.