Environmental Science Review #2

According to the population pyramid of this country, its population is most likely...

• growing slowly.
• growing rapidly.
• decreasing.
• not changing.

According the population pyramid Canada's population is _______________ 

• growing
• getting smaller
• staying the same 

Why has the world population dramatically increased?

• Better medicine
• Better sanitation
• Better technology
• All of the above

Demography is the study of:

• world economic conditions
• mountains and other physical features on the landscape
• urban areas
• statistics related to the changing structure of human population

What is the approximate population of men age 65-69 in the US in 2014? (see pyramid)

• 7.5 million
• 10.5 million
• 5 million
• 12 million

What is one characteristic evident in this population pyramid of Vietnam in 2014?

• The population of youth under age 20 is growing.
• There are more females aged 0-4 than males.
• Vietnam is in Stage 2 of the Demographic Transition Model.
• There are more women aged 65-99 than men.

What kind of growth does this countries population pyramid show?

• slow (stationary growth)

• rapid (expansive growth)

• negative (constrictive growth)

• stable

What happens if a population grows past its carrying capacity?

• The population keeps growing

• The population starts to die off

• The entire species will go extinct

• The carrying capacity just increases

This may cause a population to increase

• increase of food supply

• removal of predators

• removal of disease

• all of these

The largest number of individuals that an environment can support long term is...

• carrying capacity

• emigration

• immigration

• population density