Ch. 8 Environmental Science Test Review

What event in the mid-1700s significantly changed human population growth?

• Industrial Revolution

• development of agriculture

• bubonic plague

• human settlement began

Which combination of factors will produce the highest rate of population growth?

• high life expectancy and high infant mortality

• low life expectancy and low infant mortality

• low life expectancy and high infant mortality

• high life expectancy and low infant mortality

Which is the proper sequence of steps in the demographic transition model?

• pre-industrial, industrial, post-industrial, transitional

• pre-industrial, transitional, industrial, post-industrial

• transitional, pre-industrial, industrial, post-industrial

• post-industrial, transitional, industrial, pre-industrial

Which of the following countries has yet to go through the demographic transition?

• Japan

• US

• India

• Germany

In which of the following countries would individuals have the largest ecological footprints?

• India

• China

• Canada

• Thailand

The richest one fifth of the world's people uses what percent of the world's resources?

• 5

• 20

• 43

• 86

In what year did the human population reach 1 billion people?

• 300

• 1200

• 1800

• 2000

In recent years, the human population has

• increased exponentially

• decreased exponentially

• decreased slowly

• increased slowly

The average number of years an individual is predicted to live is called

• carrying capacity

• life expectancy

• growth rate

• demography

The number of organisms that an environment can support is called the

• life expectancy

• demography

• carrying capacity

• growth rate