Form 3 Term 2 Environmental Impact Quiz

Which of the following is the best definition for the word 'environment'?

• the air around us

• the world around us

• where we live

• the flowers and trees

The size of the human population began to increase very rapidly after

• the plague

• Covid-19

• the Industrial Revolution

• plowing and irrigation

Which of the following is NOT a potential limiting factor of human population growth?

• disease

• war

• medicine

• famine

Since the 1980s, what has happened to the average annual growth rate of the human population in Trinidad and Tobago?

• It remained about the same

• It failed to show a consistent pattern.

• It increased

• It decreased

Why has the world population dramatically increased?

• Better medicine
• Better sanitation
• Better technology
• All of the above

What three factors can affect ANY population's growth rate?

• Birthrate, death rate, migration
• disease, predation, migration
• medicine, agriculture, industry
• life expectancy, sanitation, vaccines

Which of the following would most likely occur if the human population of the world exceeded the carry capacity of the environment?

• The birth rate would likely increase.
• Birth rate would be equal to the death rate.
• The death rate would increase.
• Immigration would increase.

What is urbanisation?

• Urbanisation is the process of economic growth.

• Urbanisation is the process of economic and social change in which an increasing proportion of the population of a country or region live in urban areas.

• Urbanisation is people living and working in large cities

• Urbanisation is the cutting down of forests.

8. A positive impact of urbanisation is?

• Congested settlements to provide homes for all.

• A lot of employment opportunities in various fields.

• Ground water is polluted with domestic waste.

• Many industries and hotels dumping waste into river, lakes and other water bodies.

2. _________________ is the main cause of rise in urban population.

• Rural-urban migration

• Rural-urban transformation

• Industraialisation

• none of the above