2.6 Vocabulary Quiz

*Deterioration of the environment through depletion of resources such as air, water and soil and habitat destruction.

*The maximum population size that the environment

can sustain.

Economic and social changes resulting from technology changes that started in England in 1760 - moving away from hand tools to power-driven machines.

*When there are not enough resources in an area to support a population.

*The supply of food cannot keep up with the growth of the human population, inevitably resulting in disease, famine, war, and calamity.

*18th-century British philosopher and economist noted for the Malthusian growth model, an exponential formula used to project population growth.

*Population pressure drives agricultural innovation (food supply).

*Concern that overpopulation and overconsumption may increase resource depletion and/or environmental degradation.

The time period it takes for a population to double in size.

Land that can be farmed.