EVS Spring Final Study Guide 2024

The number of babies out of 1,000 that die during their first year of life is called

• total fertility rate

• life span

• replacement fertility rate

• infant mortality rate

The study of human population statistics is called

• life span

• demography

• replacement fertility

• population rate

The average number of children a female member of a population has during her lifetime is the population's

• life span

• replacement fertility rate

• total fertility rate

• infant mortality rate

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

• bubonic plague

• development of agriculture

• Industrial Revolution

• human settlement began

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

• carrying capacity

• life expectancy

• demography

• growth rate

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

• growth rate

• life expectancy

• carrying capacity

• demography

The amount of people living in a given area is described as population

• morality

• density

• expectancy

• rate

How well an individual lives is called:

• quality of life

• a developed economy

• the wealth gap

• a developing economy

The number of males compared to females in a population is the

• demography

• total fertility rate

• age structure

• sex ratio

Epidemiology deals primarily with what type of hazards?

• Social

• Physical

• Biological

• Chemical