APES: CH7 - Human Populations

Which of the following variables increase population size?

• Deaths

• Emigration

• Immigration

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NGSS.HS-LS2-2

A J-curve represents

• exponential growth

• logistic growth

• no growth

When a population goes over the carrying capacity this is known as

• oscillation

• overshoot

• dieback

• exponential

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NGSS.HS-LS2-1

Which of the following pairs of indicators best reflects the availability of health care in a country?

• Crude death rate and crude birth rate

• Growth rate and life expectancy

• Infant mortality rate and life expectancy

• Infant mortality rate and crude death rate

Populations whose age structure diagrams are narrower at the bottom than at the top have

• high death rates

• the same proportion of individuals in each age group

• a declining population

• a high growth rate

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NGSS.HS-LS4-5

In 1798, Thomas Malthus hypothesized the collapse of the human population. What factor led to the increase to the continued increase of the human population?

• Increased genetic resistance of pest species.

• Reliance of renewable resources.

• Food production increasing at an exponential rate due to technological advances in agriculture.

• Modern health care doubling the birth rate worldwide

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

Which correctly describes the term demographic transition?

• The transition from low birth rates and death rates to high birth rates and death rates as a country develops.

• The transition from high birth rates and death rates to low birth rates and death rates as a country develops.

• The transition from high birth rates to low death rates as a country develops.

• The transition from low birth rates to high death rates as a country develops.

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.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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.

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NGSS.HS-LS2-1

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

• total fertility rate

• replacement fertility rate

• growth rate

• death rate