Human Population

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What are the three main factors that affect any population's growth rate?

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Birthrate, death rate, migration.

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What is Demographic Transition?

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It is when a country shifts from high birth and death rates to low ones.

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What happens to a population after the demographic transition is complete?

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The population tends to stay about the same size as time passes.

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What is demography?

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The scientific study of human populations.

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Which of the following is NOT a potential limiting factor of human population growth: famine, medicine, war, disease?

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Medicine.

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What occurs if a population exceeds the carrying capacity of the environment?

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The death rate would increase.

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Define carrying capacity.

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The maximum number of individuals of a species that an environment can sustainably support.

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What is the relationship between birth rate and death rate in a stable population?

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In a stable population, the birth rate is equal to the death rate.

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What role does migration play in population growth?

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Migration can increase or decrease a population depending on whether individuals are moving into or out of an area.

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What is a limiting factor in population growth?

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A factor that restricts the size of a population, such as food availability, disease, or predation.