Environmental Science...Chapter Six, Section(s) 1 And 2.
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- 1.The world population increases by about _____ people each day
- A.
1.2 million
- B.
82 million
- C.
2.4
- D.
225,000
- E.
100,000
- 2.Which of the following is a major factor in human population increase in the last 200 years?
- A.
Humans have developed the ability to expand into almost all of the planet's climate zones
- B.
Early and modern agriculture has allowed more people to be fed per unit of land area
- C.
Improved health and sanitation has lowered the death rate
- D.
All of these answers are correct
- E.
Only two of these answers are correct
- 3.The cultural carrying capacity is the
- A.
Number of humans the planet can support with consumptive lifestyles
- B.
Maximum number of people the Earth can support at a reasonable level of comfort without impairing the planet's ability to sustain future generations in the same way
- C.
The maximum number of people that can be supported in a fashion that allows them to pursue culturally satisfying forms of social interaction
- D.
The degree to which an urban area can support a variety of cultural entities such as museums and symphony orchestras
- E.
None of these answers
- 4.Which of the following are ways that humans have degraded natural capital to meet their own needs and wants?
- A.
Increasing use of the Earth's net primary productivity
- B.
Relying mostly on polluting and climate-changing fossil fuels
- C.
Using some renewable resources faster than they can be replenished
- D.
Eliminating many natural predators and reducing biodiversity
- E.
All of these answers
- 5.The population change in a particular area or country in a particular year can be calculated by
- A.
(deaths + emigration) (births + immigration)
- B.
(births + immigration) (deaths + emigration)
- C.
(deaths + immigration) (births + emigration)
- D.
(births + emigration) (deaths + immigration)
- E.
(births + deaths) (immigration + emigration)
- 6.The crude birth rate is the number of live brths per ____ persons in a given year.
- A.
50
- B.
100
- C.
500
- D.
1,000
- E.
10,000
- 7.The three most populous countries on the Earth are, in order of population size from largest to smallest:
- A.
China, India, and the United States
- B.
India, China, and the United States
- C.
China, India, and Brazil
- D.
China, Brazil, and India
- E.
India, China, and Russia
- 8.The average number of children bron to womein in a population during their reproductive years is the
- A.
Crude birth rate
- B.
Total birth rate
- C.
Total fertility rate
- D.
Crude fertility rate
- E.
Population's natural rate of increase
- 9.Between the years 1950 and 2009, the total fertility rate in developing countries
- A.
Increased from 2.8 to 6.5
- B.
Decreased from 6.5 to 2.8
- C.
Decreased from 2.5 to 1.6
- D.
Increased from 1.6 to 2.5
- E.
Increased from 2.5 to 2.8
- 10.The actual average replacement-level fertility for the whole world is slightly higer than
- A.
One child per couple
- B.
Two children per couple
- C.
Three children per couple
- D.
Four children per couple
- E.
Six children per couple
- 11.Which of the following would decrease the likelihood of a ocuple having a child?
- A.
The child is part of the family labor pool
- B.
Contraceptives are not available
- C.
They have no public or private pension
- D.
Women have many opportunities to participate in the work force
- E.
Infant mortality rates are high
- 12.Two useful indicators of overall health in a country or region are
- A.
Birth rate and death rate
- B.
Replacement-level fertility rate and total fertility rate
- C.
Life expectancy and infant mortality rate
- D.
Life expectancy and death rate
- E.
Life expectancy and population growth rate
- 13.A high infant mortality rate is most often associated with
- A.
A high standard of living
- B.
Under nutrition
- C.
Malnutrition
- D.
Under nutrition and malnutrition
- E.
Affluence
- 14.Infant mortality rate refers to the number of children out of 1,000 that die
- A.
Before birth
- B.
In their first month
- C.
In the first half-year of life
- D.
By their first birthday
- E.
By their fifth birthday
- 15.All of the following reasons help explain why the united states has one of he highest infant mortality rates of developed countries except
- A.
Lack of health care for children of the poor after birth
- B.
The older age of pregnant women as a result of many women delaying having children
- C.
Lack of health care for poor women while they are pregnant
- D.
High birth rate for teenage women
- E.
None of these answers
- 16.Currently, legal and illegal immigration account for ____ of the U.S. population growth
- A.
19%
- B.
29%
- C.
39%
- D.
49%
- E.
59%
- 17.Which of he following countries has the fastest growing population?
- A.
China
- B.
United States
- C.
France
- D.
Great Britain
- E.
Germany
- 18.Family planning, economic opportunities for women, and schooling for girls generally produces a higher birth rate.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 19.Birth and death rates generally decline as countries develop economically.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 20.Women who live in rural areas have a lower total fertility rate than those in urban areas.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 21.Most of the increase in the world's population in the last 100 years took place because of sharp increase in birth rates.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 22._________________ refers to a process in which an increasing proportion of an entire population lives in cities and in the suburbs of cities.
- 23.In areas with a low _________ __________ _________.
- 24.Urban areas with poor sanitation and numerous health risks will genearll have a low _______ _______.
- 25.If everyone on the planet reached the U.S. level of consumption of renewable resources by the year 2050, we would need ______ Earth's to meet the demand.
- 26.As countries become more ________, their populations tend to grow more slowly.
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