Ouelette's Chapter 4 Environmental Life Science

The doubling time for a population with an annual growth rate of 0.07 is

10 years (quiz does not give me the option)

According to Joel Cohen, the maximum human population that Earth can support is

10-12 billion

The world human population reached 1 billion in about

1800

The annual percentage rate of this population is

2.0%

The doubling time for the population of South Pacific Splendor Birds would be

35 years

A population growing at 1% per year should double in about ___ years.

70

Which of the following demographic categories best identifies Country "A"?

Developed

Generally speaking wealthy, developed nations have a smaller human ecological footprint than poorer, less developed nations.

False

Human population growth most closely resembles the S-shaped growth curve.

False

So far, the most successful and popular solution(s) to global overpopulation has/have been mandatory sterilization.

False

The study of human population characteristics, such as age structure, demographic transition, total fertility, human population and environmental relationships, death-rate factors, and standard of living is know as

Human Demography

The concept that incorporates human population numbers and the types of resources used is referred to as the

IPAT concept

All of the following factors help stabilize populations except

Increased fertility rates have risen nearly everywhere in the world over the past half-century.

Which country listed below would you expect to have the highest ecological footprint?

USA

Which of the following has not played an important role in the slowed population growth rate of Iran?

a strictly enforced government limit on the number of children per family

Which of the following is a pronatalist pressure?

all of these are sources of pronatalist pressure

Which of the following is a mechanical barrier to conception?

condoms

Family planning means enabling people to

decide in advance how many children they should have

Historically, up until the Middle Ages, populations were mostly limited by

disease, famine, and war.

The concept that describes the amount of land required to produce the goods and services that are required for an individual to live his or her particular lifestyle is the

ecological footprint concept.

One of the _________ effective ways to stabilize populations is to _________.

most; decrease child mortality

Economist Julian Simon believed that people are the "ultimate resource" and that increases in population growth would result in

new resources

World population growth increased rapidly due to all of the following factors except?

political unrest

Technological optimists argue that technological advances have

proven Malthus wrong in his predictions of famine and disaster.

Proponents of social justice believe that environmental and social problems will decrease if

resources are distributed fairly.

The number of children born to an average woman in a population during her entire reproductive life is called _____________________.

total fertility rate