Environment Science - Chapter 8 Human Population

The human population today is approximately.

• 300 milliion

• 1.3 billion

• 8 billion

• 11 billion

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Most secular scientist would say that for most of human history, the population has been relatively.

• small and stable.

• small and

  rapidly growing.

• large and shrinking

• large and rapidly growing.

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Recently, the size of the human population has been

• decreasing slowly.

• decreasing exponentially.

• increasing slowly

• increasing exponentiallly

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Which fertility rate keeps the population size stable?

• replacement fertility

• stable fertility

• balanced sex ratio

• total fertility rate

How individuals of different ages are distributed in a population is called the population's

• age ratio

• age structure

• sex ratio

• sex structure

The model that describes how industrialized nations undergo a large drop in birthrates and death rates is called

• life expectancy.

• demography.

• the fertility rate transition.

• the demographic transition.

Which of these factors does NOT affect population growth?

• educating women

• poverty

• statistics

• policy

Regions of the world with the largest populations tend to

• have the largest share of global wealth.

• have a smaller share of global wealth.

• use the most resources per person.

• have the largest ecological footprints.

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Which of the following does NOT affect a person's quality of life?

• replacement fiertility

• access to education

• available living space

• food supply

How can technology affect human impact on the environment?

• It can both increase and reduce human impact.

• It always increases human impact.

• It always reduces human impact.

• It rarely affects human impact.

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