Ch. 3 Lesson 1 Quiz Review

Why has the population been able to grow so quickly in such a short period of time?

• Doctors have developed easier and safer ways to have babies
• People needed more help to work their farms so they had more children
• Because people stayed in one place and only moved when crowded out
• Because of medical care, clean water and better access to nutritious food

Which of the following is likely to be affected by a growing human population?

• amount of land for agriculture (farming)

• amount of clean water

• amount of air pollution

• all of the above

If the birthrate is greater than the deathrate, what will happen to the size of the population?
(birthrate > deathrate)

• It will increase
• It will decrease
• It will stay the same
• It will take over the world

When people of a population who move into an area.

• Immigration

• Emigration

• Stabilization

When people of a population who exit an area

• Immigration

• Emigration

• Mitigation

How would individuals immigrating into an area affect its population?

• It will increase

• It will decrease

• It will stay the same

• It will rapidly do nothing

If the number of births in a population is the same as the number of deaths in a population, what will happen to the growth of the population?

• It will increase
• It will decrease
• It will stay the same
• It don't matter

According the population pyramid Canada's population is _______________

• growing

• steady

• declining

One reason the world is growing so quickly is because...

• The world has unlimited resources for everyone

• Birthrate is higher than death rate

• There are more and more places for people to live

• Death rate is higher than birthrate

The approximate population of the world today is..

• 7.6 Million

• 6.7 Billion

• 6.7 Million

• 7.6 Billion