Human Population

Which has NOT been a major cause of the population explosion?

• modern preventive medicine
• increase in life expectancy
• improved sanitation
• increase in birth rates

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

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

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NGSS.HS-LS2-2

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

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

If a country has a death rate of 30 and a birth rate of 45 the natural rate of increase would show the population is ______.

• Increasing
• Decreasing
• Staying the same
• Fluctuating too much

The movement by people from one place to another with the intention of settling temporarily or permanently in a new location. 

• pull factor
• push factor
• distribution
• migration

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

The average number of people living in a square kilometer is called...

• urbanization. 
• internal migration. 
• population density. 
• pull factors. 

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NGSS.HS-LS2-1

Health and disease can determine a population's

• life or death

• hopes and dreams

• happiness or discontent

• religious beliefs or politics

As the human population grows, the demand for natural resources stays the same.

• true

• false

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

The study of human population statistics

• demography

• biology

• microbiology

• ecology

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NGSS.HS-LS2-2