Environmental Management - Chapter 8 Quiz

Exponential Growth occurs when…

• 1. The growth rate of a population increases rapidly over time

• The growth rate of a population decreases rapidly over time

• The growth rate of a population increases slowly over time

When does the lag phase happen?

• When the organism reaches the carrying capacity

• When the organism becomes used to a new environment

• When the organism population increases

Carrying capacity is…

• The minimum size of a population that an environment can support

• The average size of a population that an environment can support

• The maximum size of population that an environment can support

The birth rate is partially balanced by…

• The rate of natural increase

• The death rate

• The log phase

When birth rate = death rate, the population…

• Grows

• Declines

• Stays the same

Which one is considered to be a push factor?

• Well-paid jobs

• Good roads

• Drought/famine

Migration is...

• the movement of people out of an area

• the movement of people into and out of an area

• the movement of people into an area

In MEDCs birth control is widely used, so…

• Birth rates are lower than in LEDCs

• Death rates are lower than in LEDCs

• Both birth and death rates are lower than in LEDCs

The population pyramid for a LEDC such as Afghanistan will be...

• Expanding

• Stationary

• Contracting

Pronatalist policies may take place when...

• Population is becoming stationary

• Population is growing

• Population is declining