A city determines the average amount of electricity used by its residents over a year. Which term is used for this specific calculation?

• resource use

• population growth

• conservation science

• per capita

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

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

• Human population size did not change at all until around the year 1800 BC

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

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

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In 2016, Japan;s estimated birthrate was 8 births per 1000 people. The estimated death rate has 10 deaths per 1000 people. There were not many people moving into or out of the country. What most likely happened to Japan's population size in 2016?

• grew slowly

• grew quickly

• stayed the same

• decreased slowly

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Which of these resources is renewable?

• iron

• coal

• the sun

• natural gas

Which factor is most likely to cause a decline in a population's growth rate?

• increase in birthrate

• decrease in death rate

• improvements in medical care

• high immigration out of the area

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How can a city decrease its per capita consumption of water?

• It can find a new source of water for the city

• It can encourage each citizen to use less water

• It can increae the total amount of water available

• It can limit the number of new people moving into the city

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In general, how are natural resources and population size related?

• Natural resource use decreases as population increases

• The rate of natural resource use stays the same as population increases

• As population size increases, more natural resources become available ofr use

• Population size grows faster in places where more natural resources are available.

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Which factors contribute to population growth? Check three (3) that apply.

• increase in births

• increase in death rate

• new farming tecnnology

• improvements in health care

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Which statement is supported by the data in the table?

• The population of Toptown is increasing

• The per capita consumption of rice is higher in Toptown than in Middleville

• Per capita consumption of rice is decreasing in both Toptown and Middleville

• individuals in Middleville and TopTown consume the same amount of rice

Which statement about the per capita consumption of yogurt is supported by the data in the graph?

• in 2012, each person consumed more than twice the amount of yogurt they consumed in 2010

• More poeple ate yogurt in 2014 than in 2013

• Each person ate about 14.9 pounds of yogurt in 2014

• The US consumed total of 14 pounds of yogurt in 2012