APES

Which of the following is the best illustration of tragedy in the commons?

Depletion of fishing stocks in the North Atlantic

If the population is growing at a rate of 1.75% per year, the population will double in?

40 years

Which of the following is the best description of a population that has stable age distribution?

A growing population in which proportions of people in different age classes remain constant.

Which of the following best embodies the qualities of a scientific theory?

All gases, liquids and solids consist of atoms.

Which of the following pairs of statistics would most likely indicate the highest quality of life in a country?

High life expectancy and low infant mortality.

Which of the following terms best describes the practice of environmental science?

Integrative and interdisciplinary

Which of the following practices would have the biggest impact on achieving global sustainability?

Reducing human population

Which of the following is most likely to reduce the United States contribution to the increase in concentration of atmospheric Co2?

Switching from cars and trucks to rail for mass transportation.

Recently has been estimated that growth in world population has slowed in the past decade. Despite this trend, environmentalists remain concerned about the environmental impact of world population, principally because

The standard of living in increasing in many developing countries, leading to an increased per capita use of natural resources.

If an experiment fails to disprove a hypothesis then

This lends support to the hypothesis but does not prove it is correct.

In a human population, the population momentum effect is most likely the occur in cases in which a large percent of people in the population are in which age group?

Younger than eighteen years old.