Human Population and Resource Use

Countries with high growth rates usually have an age structure that has

• an even distribution over all ages
• more older people than young people
• more younger people than older people.
• more middle-aged people than younger people.

Match the problem caused by rapid population growth with the resource it relates to:
Housing

• Vegetation
• Water
• Land

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Which type of growth pattern results in an ever increasing rate of population growth?

• logistic

• exponential

Which of the following is likely to occur at the current rate of population growth for humans?

• we are going to run short of resources

• nothing because we can adapt to any conditions

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Fossil fuels are nonrenewable because...

• they are used to produce heat
• they take a long time to form
• they can be found underground

What does conserving resources mean?

• Use as much of the resources as you can
• Only use the resources at school
• Protecting the resource so it does not run out

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

A resource that is not easily replaced...

• Renewable
• Nonrenewable

Any useful material that is found in nature:

• Natural Resource
• Human Resource
• Plants

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Birth rate =

• number of births in a year out of 1,000 people
• the average number of babies who die before the reach one year old out of 1,000
• acces to clean drinking water and flush or covered pit toilets
• the length of time it takes a population to double

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

The number of deaths in a year out of a thousand people.

• death rate

• dependency rate

• developed countries

• Darth Vader impersonators