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APES Human Population Review: AP Environmental Science
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1
Which organism has a high biotic potential?
Beluga Whales
Bottle nose Dolphin
Elephants
Bacteria
2
What is the carying capacity shown in this graph?
You cannot tell from the information given
2 million
2 million
1.6 million
3
Why doesn't Technology decrease the Human Impact?
Technology is always a good thing
Destructive Technology helps destroy pollution
Destructive Technology harms the environment
Reliance on Technology helps us understand the environment
4
Decreased death rate and accelerated rate of human population growth are related to
control of disease-spreading organisms
increased food supply
improved sanitation, health care and technology
all of these
5
A country that has a CBR of 20/1000 and a CDR of 10/1000 what is the natural annual increase?
100%
8%
10%
1%
6
What is the net migration in this country?
0.5 per 1,000 people
5 per 1,000 people
10 per 1,000 people
10 per 1,000 people
7
The impact a country makes on the environment is influenced by
Its techology
all of these
Its population
Its affluence
8
What is shown in the graph below?
a "J" shaped curve
A population always growing exponetially
a logistic growth curve
A "K" shaped surviorship curve
9
Maximum number of a particular species a habitat can support without degrading the environment
logistic growth curve
demographic transition
carrying capacity
replacement fertility curve
10
Which of these is an example of a density independent factor?
Earthquake
Predators
Competition
Food
11
Improved economy in a country correlates with
lower total fertility rates, decreased population growth
decreased death rates, increased population growth
increased birth rate, increased population growth
decreased birth rates, increased population growth
12
Populations going through demographic transition go through a period of expansion but stabilize
at the original size
at the maximum carrying capacity of the land
with a larger population but zero growth
at a constant rate of growth
13
Calculate the doubling time for a population with an annual population growth rate of 2%
7 years
3.5 years
70 years
35 years
14
The figure shows which of the following?
Kenya is at replacement level fertility
Germany is at replacement level fertility
United States is experiencing exponential growth
Kenya has not gone through demographic transition
15
The S-shaped curve that grows rapidly but eventually reaches a constant population
logistic growth curve
carrying capacity
replacement fertility curve
exponential growth curve
16
Epidemic diseases
include cancer, heart disease and type 2 diabetes
cause more deaths in developing countries
are no longer a global threat because of immunizations
cause more deaths in developed countries
17
All of the following have contributed to human population growth rate increase
EXCEPT
age of first childbirth was low and TFR was high
the birth rate has increased
juvenile death rate has declined
migration increased
18
Which of the following best describes a Type I survivor ship curve?
Moderate number of offspring with a moderate amount of care
Low numbers of offspring with low amounts of care
Few offspring with lots of parental care
Lots of offspring and no parental care
19
What has caused a sharp increase in the human population most recently?
Immigration
Increase in birth rates
Emmigration
Lower death rate
20
Rapid human population growth threatens
all of these
biodiversity
wildlife habitats
the ocean
21
This population will reach 10,000,000 in about
25 years
20 years
15 years
10 years
22
An age structure diagram shaped like an upside down pyramid is characteristic of...
A population that is increasing rapidly
A steady population growth rate
r=0
A postindustrial country
23
In Thomas Malthus's theory of human population, the ultimate fate of humankind is said to be
a crowded Earth with population in balance with food supply
plague, pestilence and famine
a technological utopia
a return to a rural, agrarian society
24
Mexico has a growth rate of 2.0%. How many year(s) will it take to double the population?
70 years
140 years
2 years
35 years
25
This age structure diagram represent a country that
A developing country
is in the post industrial stage
A country with a low TFR
An already developed country
26
What is the CDR in this country?
5 per 1,000 people
50 per 1,000 people
10 per 1,000 people
100 per 1,000 people
27
Why is the US population growing if the total fertility rate is below replacement level?
emigration
increased death rate
immigration
increased fertility rate
28
Breast feeding slows population growth because
it is healthy and decreases infant mortality
it decreases frequency of sexual activity
it keeps children from being hungry
it increases the average number of years between births
29
What is the CBR in this country?
200 per 1,000 people
10 per 1,000 people
100 per 1,000 people
20 per 1,000 people
30
The Red rows represent _____ and the Yellow rows represent _____.
children, elderly
pre-repreoductive years, reproductive years
men, women
working years, non-working years
31
What is the #1 way to lower TFR?
Child would be part of the family labor force
Easy access to birth control
Low infant mortality rate
Education for women
32
What is TFR?
Number of children a woman has in her lifetime
Number of children needed to increase the population
Births plus immigration
Number of live births pet 1000 people
33
What are some reasons a population grows and stays large?
all of these
Children are needed for work & to provide for aging parents
Cultural beliefs favor males and large families
Improved agriculture, medicine & sanitation decrease deaths
34
What happens to the environmental impact if the population increases?
It stays the same
Population does not impact the environment
It decreases
It also increases
35
What is the post transitional demographic transition look like?
High death rate
Logistic Growth
Negative growth rate
Exponential growth
36
When is a nation
UN
able to go from stage II to stage III of the demographic transition
when value isn't seen for having few, well educated children
when medical advances are used to decrease death rate
when abundant food provides plenty of resources
when value is put on small families
37
What is the annual growth rate of this country?
10.5%
5.5%
15%
.55%
38
As of 2016 the population of the Earth was about __ with an annual rate of population growth __
7.3 billion, 1.2%
1.2 billion, 3.5%
5.5 billion, 1.5%
12.0 billion, 2.5%
39
Describes movement of a nation from high population growth to low population growth
carrying capacity
demographic transition
replacement fertility curve
logistic growth curve
40
Crude death and birth rates are always calculated per
100 people
10,000 people
1 person
1,000 people
41
The simplest and least controversial means of slowing population growth is
no sex before marriage
abortion
delaying first childbearing
birth control
42
What do the letters in the IPAT model stand for?
Environmental Impact, Pollution, Affluence, Technology
Impact, Population, Administration, Transportation
Environmental Impact, Population, Affluence, Technology
Income, Pollution, Affluence, Technology
43
Which of these would be true of a country that is growing rapidly?
i-e<1
r=0
b-d=0
tfr>2.1
44
The doubling time of a population
is a function of exponential growth
refers to demographic fertility
is two-thirds of the tripling time
is based on a constant birth rate
45
Human population growth prior to the Industrial Revolution had
litle change in maximum human life expectancy
little change in birth rates
little change in average life expectancy
little change in death rates
46
Which best explains an ecological footprint?
How much gasoline burned by a car
The number of solar panels on a house
The amount of fossil fuel someone uses
The demand someone places on nature
47
What could account for the shape of the diagram?
Opening the border to immigration about 30 years ago.
Introduction of prenatal & infant medicine about 20 yrs ago.
Emigration of many senior citizens about 10 years ago.
Devastating weather conditions about 20 years ago.
48
During which stage of demographic transition has a high birthrate and high death rate?
Post industrial
Preindustrial
industrial
Transitional
