MGU3 Lesson 1 and 2 Quiz

What has happened to the size of the human population over time?

• The size of the human population has always increased at a steady rate.

• Human population size did not change at all until around the year 1880.

• Human population size has grown slowly since the beginning of the Modern Age.

• The size of the human population began increasing rapidly within the last 200 years.

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Which factor is most likely to cause a decline in a population’s growth rate?

• increase in birthrate

• decrease in death rate

• improvements in medical care

• high immigration out of the area

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What is per capita consumption?

• the amount of time it takes for a natural resource to be formed

• the amount of resources a person uses over a given period of time

• the amount of time it takes for a natural resource deposit to be depleted

• the amount of resources being removed from Earth over a given period of time

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In general, how are natural resources and population size related?

• Natural resource use decreases as population size increases.

• The rate of natural resource use stays the same as population size increases.

• As population size increases, more natural resources become available for use.

• Population size grows faster in places where more natural resources are available.

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A city determines the average amount of electricity used by its residents over a year. Which term is used for this specific calculation?

• resource use

• population growth

• conservation science

• per capita consumption

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A section of forest was cut down to make space for a new neighborhood. Clearing the forest took away part of the land where the local deer population lives. Which term is used to describe this effect on the deer population?

• pollution

• resource use

• overharvesting

• habitat destruction

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Which of these is the greatest contributor to increased greenhouse gases in the atmosphere?

• burning fossil fuels

• removing minerals from the ground

• increased use of herbicides and pesticides

• decreased populations in nonindustrialized nations

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Car exhaust contributes to smog and acid rain. In this example, what kind of effect is smog?

• a trade-off

• a social norm

• a positive effect

• a negative effect

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Air quality is a measure of how clean or polluted the air is. How would overharvesting trees most likely affect air quality?

• raise oxygen levels in the air

• decrease the amount of acid rain

• increase carbon dioxide in the air

• reduce levels of greenhouse gases

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Which resource do people get from the geosphere?

• fossil fuels

• food crops

• wind energy

• drinking water

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