Human Populations

A country with a greater number of younger people than older people has an age structure diagram that resembles which of the following?

• an inverted pyramid

• a column

• a pyramid

• an inverted column

A country with an age structure like the one shown above will experience:

• A high life expectancy

• Rapid growth

• No growth

• A decline in growth

What is one major cause of population growth?

• better transportation

• a generally declining death rate

• food shortages

• poor health care

Which term means "to enter and live in a new country"?

• import

• emigrate

• immigrate

• export

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.

What is the carrying capacity of the following graph?

• 1000
• 8000
• 800
• 600

What type of growth is shown in the diagram?

• exponential growth
• logistic growth 
• predator-prey cycle
• boom-bust curve

If the number of births in a population is the same as the number of deaths in a population, what will happen to the growth of the population?

• It will increase.
• It will decrease.
• It will stay the same.
• It will fluctuate.

If the number of births is greater than the number of deaths in a population, what will happen to the growth of the population?

• It will increase.
• It will decrease.
• It will stay the same.
• It will fluctuate.

Demography is:

• The study of democracy.

• The study of human populations.

• The study of graphs.

• The study of ecosystems.