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Worksheetschapter 6
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
How much of the world, excluding Antarctica has been affected by humans?
20%
68%
83%
74%
In 1927 the human population was at about 2 billion. How long did it take to add the next 2 billion?
20 years
50 years
40 years
30 years
What is the world's current population?
7.6 billion
7.2 billion
7.5 billion
7.8 billion
At what percent is the world's population increasing every year?
1.6%
2.1%
1.1%
2.6%
What is the current estimate of the world population in the year 2050?
7,6 billion
9.7 billion
8.9 billion
10 billion
What is cultural carrying capacity?
optimum level that would allow most people to live in reasonable comfort and freedom without impairing the ability of the planet to sustain future generations
amount of people that can be supported by a culture's way
average weight that is accepted as how much a person can carry
amount of people the earth can support
how do you find population change?
by adding the number of people leaving a population because of death and emigration from the number entering it because of birth and immigration during a specified period of time typically one year
by multiplying the number of people leaving a population because of death and emigration from the number entering it because of birth and immigration during a specified period of time typically one yea
by subtracting the number of people leaving a population because of death and emigration from the number entering it because of birth and immigration during a specified period of time typically one yea
by dividing the number of people leaving a population because of death and emigration from the number entering it because of birth and immigration during a specified period of time typically one yea
what is a population expert called
populationists
population scientist
humanitarian
demographers
The optimum replacement-level fertility rate is
2.1 children
2.7 children
2.5 children
2.4 children
what is the current female life expectancy of a woman over the age of 65? (rounded up)
80
89
87
84
