Changing Population Trends

Pick the resource it relates to the problem caused by rapid population growth.

housing

• a. vegetation

• b. water

• c. land

Pick the resource it relates to the problem caused by rapid population growth.

sewage disposal

• a. vegetation

• b. water

• c. land

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Pick the resource it relates to the problem caused by rapid population growth.

fuel supply

• a. vegetation

• b. water

• c. land

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Pick the resource it relates to the problem caused by rapid population growth.

food production

• a. vegetation

• b. water

• c. land

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Pick the resource it relates to the problem caused by rapid population growth

dysentery

• a. vegetation

• b. water

• c. land

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

The 1991 cholera outbreak in Lima, Peru was caused by

• a. lack of clean water.

• b. inadequate medical care.

• c. widespread malnutrition.

• d. rats and other rodents.

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

Because birth rates have begun to fall Earth’s population will

• a. soon stabilize at the level it is today—about 6 billion.

• b. begin to decrease until it reaches 5 billion.

• c. increase for a short time and then decrease to current levels.

• d. stabilize somewhere around 9 billion by 2050.

Currently, the fastest-growing populations are in

• a. Europe.

• b. North America.

• c. Asia.

• d. Australia.

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Which of the following makes it difficult to reduce population growth?

• a. High literacy rates result in women wanting to have more children.

• b. Population sizes will not decline until some people start having to do without food and other necessities of life.

• c. Many people live in cities, where large families are an advantage.

• d. Many people have low literacy and limited access to healthcare.

Which of the following is not a strategy that could slow population growth?

• a. public advertising

• b. economic incentives

• c. legal punishments

• d. limiting education for women

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