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Environmental Science Chapter 3
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1
What is migration out of an area?
emigration
immigration
population
2
What was the highest average growth rate on Earth to date?
5%
10%
2%
.5%
3
What was the main cause of the "Baby Boom"?
Woodstock
Vietnam
World War II
Watergate
4
Species diversity is equally proportional to...
growth rate
population
pollution
habitat area
5
If the birth rate is 30 and the death rate is 15, what is the growth rate?
5
10
20
15
6
Does migration make a difference for the population of Earth as a whole?
yes
no
7
Which stage of population growth has a high birth rate and short life expectancy?
stage three: stationary
stage four: stationary
stage one: expanding
stage two: expanding
8
What percent of Earth is habitable?
75%
25%
10%
50%
9
What is the number of deaths per 1000 people per year?
birth rate
death rate
crude rate
growth rate
10
Providing the present needs of people in ways that don't jeopardize the needs of future people
carrying capacity
population
biodiversity
sustainability
11
What is the entire variability of life, including species, ecosystems, and genetic diversity?
Population
Ecology
Biodiversity
Biome
12
Which of these is a renewable resource?
soil
coal
oil
wood
13
Who is the "Father of Epidemiology"?
Isaac Newton
John Snow
Albert Einstein
James Watson
14
What major event occurred that caused the world population to hit 1 billion?
World War II
World War I
The Stone Age
The Industrial Revolution
15
What was the disease that killed one-third of Europe's population in 5 years?
Black Plague
Mumps
Polio
Measels
16
Between what years was the baby boom generation?
1921-1941
1980-1990
1946-1964
1960-1965
17
What happens when birth rate is equal to death rate?
crude rate
zero population growth
population
natural growth rate
18
This age structure diagram represents what type of country?
developed
developing
19
This age structure diagram represents what type of country?
developed
developing
20
What is the difference between birth rate and death rate?
exponential growth
crude rate
population
natural growth rate
21
Birth rates have generally done what during that past 40 years?
decreased
increased
22
What are birth and death rates that are not specific to a particular age group?
crude rate
population
growth rate
population
23
What is the current doubling time for the human population?
50 years
100 years
200 years
24
What is moving from one area to another?
population
natural growth rate
migration
crude rate
25
What is the amount of time that it will take for a given population to double?
exponential growth
migration
growth rate
doubling time
26
What is the science of dealing with distribution and vital statistics of populations?
seismology
demography
biology
ecology
27
When will the world's population stabilize?
10 billion
100 billion
5 billion
50 billion
28
By 2030, 60% of people will live where?
Mars
caves
cities
farms
29
What has the highest population density?
cities
ocean
rainforest
farms
30
= birth rate - death rate + immigration - emigration
zero population growth
annual growth rate
population change
exponential growth
31
What is the number of live births per 1000 people per year?
death rate
growth rate
birth rate
migration
32
What is species diversity proportional to?
habitat area
community growth
population
birth rate
33
What is a current disease that is having a large impact on the human population?
Malaria
SARS
HIV/AIDS
Ebola
34
What is the number of people Earth can sustainably support?
population
growth rate
sustainability
carrying capacity
35
Zero population growth is considered a good thing.
false
true
