Human Population Quiz

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Increase population

,

(b) Decrease population

• death rate

• birth rate

• immigration

• emigration

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What type of growth is shown in this graph?

• Linear

• Exponential

• Logistic

• Overshoot/dieback pattern

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Select the area in the graph showing when extreme population growth started happening

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Select the area in the graph showing when population growth seems to reach the carrying capacity

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which events match the pattern of population growth seen in the graph?

a

b

c

Black Death/Bubonic Plague

Industrial Revolution

Scientific and Medical Advancements

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Match the following pyramids with their type of population growth

• Stable / slow growth

• C

• Fast growth

• A

• Zero growth / decrease

• B

The most prevalent greenhouse gas in the world is ...

The (a)   the amount of (b)   in the atmosphere, the (c)   will be Earth's temperatures.

• higher

• lower

• carbon dioxide

• oxygen

• nitrogen

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

What types of human activities release excessive amounts of greenhouse gases, especially CO₂?

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Based on the previous question, answer: an increase in human population will cause an increase in CO₂ concentration in the atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4