Biology 5.3 Human Population

For most of human existence, birth and death rates were equally ___.

• high

• low

• changing

• exponential

Which of the following occurred alongside the Industrial Revolution that led to rapid human population growth? Select all that apply.

• reliable food supplies

• improvements in sanitation

• the Bubonic Plague

• improvements in health and medicine

The global human growth rate reached a peak around 1959. Since then the growth rate of the population has been ___.

• increasing

• decreasing

• about the same

• exponential

Because the growth rate of the human population is decreasing, this means that the size of the human population is also decreasing.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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NGSS.HS-LS2-6

The scientific study of human populations is called ___.

• ecology

• biology

• dynamics

• demography

A dramatic change from high birthrates and death rates to low birthrates and death rates best describes...

• exponential growth

• demography

• the demographic transition

• age structure diagrams

Which of the following (select all that apply) can be found on an age structure diagram?

• groups by age

• limiting factors impacting the population

• male and female population size

• geographic range

Which of the following age structure diagrams demonstrates little to no growth in the population?

• 
• 
• 
• none of the above

Which of the following age structure diagrams demonstrates NEGATIVE growth in the population?

• 
• 
• 
• none of the above

Which of the following age structure diagrams demonstrates POSITIVE, RAPID growth in the population?

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• 
• 
• none of the above