Human Populations & Changing Trends

Populations that are small and have a low growth rate is a part of which stage of demographic transition?

• Transitional

• Industrial

• Preindustrial

• Postindustrial

Populations that are increasing in size and have a high growth rate are a part of which demographic transition?

• Transitional

• Industrial

• Preindustrial

• Postindustrial

Populations that are large but have a low growth rate are a part of which demographic transition?

• Transitional

• Industrial

• Preindustrial

• Postindustrial

Populations that are decreasing in size and have a zero or negative growth rate are a part of which demographic transition?

• Transitional

• Industrial

• Preindustrial

• Postindustrial

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Professionals who study and make predictions about human populations are called...

• Geologists

• Anthropologists

• Demographers

• Archeologists

The factors that contributed to exponential growth in the human population was...

• Higher birth rates and lower fertility

• Higher fertility and better hygiene

• More food and better hygiene

• Higher immigration and more food

True or False: A population will stop growing when fertility rates are declining or low.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Populations won't decline if there is low fertility for a period of time. There is only a delay before kids grow up and begin having their own children.

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Based on the Survivorship Curve, which type of population curve would show the most typical curve for human populations?

• Type 1

• Type 2

• Type 3

Based on the Survivorship Curve, which curve represents a population that experiences high infant mortality rates? For example, Sea Turtles.

• Type 1

• Type 2

• Type 3

True or False: Developing countries have high population density due to high fertility rate and a low death rate.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Developing countries actually have low population densities because of high death rates and no access to clean water or unproductive land.