U1Ch2L2 - Post Quiz - Human Populations

__________ is the study of human population size, density, distribution, movement, and birth and death rates.

Which of the following are true statements?

Multiple select question.

• The human population has a carrying capacity.

• Individuals in developing countries use far more resources than individuals in industrially developed countries.

• Technological advances have allowed humans to increase, at least temporarily, Earth's carrying capacity.

• The biosphere has unlimited resources due to human technological advances.

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NGSS.HS-LS2-1

NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

Which of the following are examples of technological advances that lead to an increase in human population?

Multiple select question.

• medical cures for diseases

• domestication of animals

• famine

• agriculture

The human population is still growing, but its rate of growth has ______.

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NGSS.HS-LS2-1

The current human population growth is characterized by an ___________ growth pattern.

• logistic

• linear

• exponential

• population

This graph shows that the human population...

• is growing.

• is decreasing.

• peaked around 1960.

• is above the carrying capacity.

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NGSS.HS-LS2-2

Which term describes the change in a population from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates?

• demographic transition

• exponential growth

• population density

• logistic growth

____ __________ ______ occurs when births plus immigration equals deaths plus emigration.

A population's ___ _________ is the number of males and females in each of three age groups: pre-reproductive stage, reproductive stage, and post-reproductive stage.

Match the type of population growth rate to the description of its age structure.

• Negative Growth

• Higher percentage of people in reproductive stage and post-reproductive stage than in pre-reproductive stage.

• Slow Growth

• Higher percentage of people in reproductive stage than in pre-reproductive stage or post-reproductive stage.

• Rapid Growth

• Much higher percentage of people in pre-reproductive stage than in post-reproductive stage.