Human Population Objective Sheet
AP environmental science Chapters 2, 9 and 11
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What is carrying capacity?
What are limiting factors? How do limiting factors affect carrying capacity?
Explain the difference between density-dependent and density-independent limiting factors. Give
several examples of each.
Describe the three parts of the standard “S” curve of population growth.
Compare graphs of linear and exponential growth.
Distinguish between r-strategists and K-strategists, and give two examples of each. Draw the type of
survivorship curve you would expect each type of strategist to exhibit.
Define zero population growth. Define biotic potential. List four factors which contribute to biotic
potential.
Describe the population cycles of a predator and its prey.
9. Describe hunter-gatherers and describe their populations.
10. What was the agricultural revolution?
11. What two significant changes did the agricultural revolution create which affected human population
trends? Given these two changes, why didn’t the human population start to grow dramatically at that
point?
12. When did population start its dramatic increase? What caused the only dip in the population graph
around 1300?
13. Who was Malthus? About when did he live and what did he predict would happen to global human
population?
14. Why are the years 1800, 1999 and 2011 significant for the global human population?
15. Name three improvements that caused population to increase after 1930.
16. How large might global population be by 2100?
17. How is Houston’s population currently trending? What issues will these trends create in our city?
18. Compare rates of population growth in developed countries and developing countries. Explain the
differences you find.
19. What is demography?
20. Distinguish between replacement-level fertility and total fertility rate. Describe how total fertility rate
affects population growth. List factors that affect birth and fertility rates and factors that affect death
rate.
21. Define birth rate, death rate, emigration rate, and immigration rate. Write an equation to
mathematically describe the relationship between these rates and the rate of population change.
22. Define infant mortality rate, per capita income and life expectancy. Explain why these measures are
considered good indicators of quality of life.
23. Why is TFR of 2.0 NOT considered to be replacement rate fertility?
24. Which countries have shrinking populations and why are they shrinking? What challenges will these
countries face in the next decades?
25. How are doubling rate and future population size calculated?
26. Compare and evaluate the population policies of India and China. Summarize what we have learned
from decades of trying to influence human population growth.
27. Describe the components of family planning programs. How do the components address IMR and
TFR to slow population growth?
28. What is a histogram? What kinds of information can you learn from one?
29. Describe the four stages of demographic transition. List social, biological, political and economic
issues that can be addressed to help developing countries undergo a demographic transition.
Tuesday Oct 21
Wed Oct 22 – Thurs Oct 23
Fri Oct 24
Turn in Grouse
diversity review
writing assignment
Notes – Human Population milestones,
demographic transition and comparison
of developing/developed nations.
Notes – demographic
terms and comparison
of countries.
Notes: Population
ecology – are there
rules?
HW – gather demographic data from
www.prb.org due Friday; Whole Earth
Discipline reading assignment due 11/3
HW –Study for quiz
Monday – Obj #1-18;
Whole Earth
Discipline reading
assignment due 11/3
Monday Oct 27
Tuesday Oct 28
Wed Oct 29/Thursday Oct 30
Friday Oct 31
Quiz – Obj #1-18
Notes – India,
China and
population
solutions?
ARMAND BAYOU TRIP!!!   
Notes – Demographic
Transition and
histograms
Monday Oct 20
Demographic math
HW – Whole
Earth Discipline
Reading due 11/3
Closed-toe shoes, long pants, sun glasses,
hat, BIG lunch, two water bottles and a
sense of adventure!!!   
HW - Whole Earth
Discipline Reading
due 11/3
HW = Whole Earth Discipline reading
HW – Whole Earth
Discipline Reading
due Monday!
Mon Nov 3
Tuesday Nov 4
Wed Nov 5/Th Nov 6
Friday Nov 7
Population
Reading
Discussion –
Whole Earth
Reading turned in
(double daily
grade)
Review day
TEST – POPULATION
End of 2nd six weeks
HW – Study for
test