Human Growth Population

The Earth can support an unlimited number of people.

• True

• False

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What is a population?

• All the plants and animals on Earth

• How many organisms are in a family

• All organisms of a species in a given area

• All the animals on Earth

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When has the greatest increase in human population happened?

• In the last two years

• In the last few centuries

• In the last million years`

• In the last billion years

Which of the following have led to the population explosion?

• Improving health care

• Cleaner water

• More disease

• Shorter lifespans

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Population growth is equal around the world.

• True

• False

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Carrying capacity is

• The number of humans in a place

• How many people die each day

• How many people the Earth's resources can support

• How heavy all humans put together are

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In Rwanda, there are more young children than teenagers, and more teenagers than adults. This age structure indicates a population that

• has stopped growing.
• will double in 30 years.
• has a steady growth rate.
• will decrease in 30 years.

What three factors can affect ANY population's growth rate?

• Birthrate, death rate, migration
• disease, predation, migration
• medicine, agriculture, industry
• life expectancy, sanitation, vaccines

To enter and live in a new country

• Emigration
• Immigration
• Urbanization
• Industrialization

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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