Population Growth and Resource Consumption

What is the number of people born per 1,000 individuals for a certain period of time?

• Death Rate

• Birth Rate

• Population

• People Growing

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Using resources in ways that maintain them at a certain quality for a certain period of time and give resources time to recover and replenish themselves is called?

• consumption

• reclamation

• sustainable use

• replanting

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Population growth is determined by calculating the number of individuals who...(check all that apply)

• are born

• die

• move in or out of an area

Overpopulation contributes to all of the following except _______.

• Human conflict

• Habitat loss

• Cleaner water

• Climate change

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About 10,000 years ago, the population began a steady rise that lasted until about 1700s as a result of ________.

• agriculture and livestock breeding

• increase in migration

• decrease in wars and epidemics

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Which of the following led to a rapid increase of the human population over a few thousand years? Mark all that apply.

• Improvements in hunting techniques

• More water on Earth

• Improvements in fishing techniques

• A warming climate

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According to the graph, by approximately how much did the population change between 1920 and 2000?

• increased by less than 1 billion people

• decreased by about 3.5 billion people

• increased by about 3 billion people

• increased by about 5 billion people

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What is the term for the maximum population size that an environment can sustain indefinitely?

• Carrying Capacity

• Birth Rate

• Death Rate

• Population Density

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Which of the following is a consequence of exceeding the carrying capacity of an environment?

• Increased biodiversity

• Resource depletion

• Stable population

• Improved living conditions

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What is the primary factor that has led to the exponential growth of the human population in the last century?

• Advancements in medical technology

• Increased birth rates

• Decreased death rates

• Increased migration