Environmental Science Sec 9.1
Name________________________________ Period______
Matching
____1. Small population size, low growth rate
a. transitional
____2. Increasing population size, very high growth rate
b. industrial
____3. Large population size, low growth rate
c. preindustrial
____4. Decreasing population size, zero or negative
d. postindustrial growth rate
Multiple Choice
____5. Professionals who study and make predictions about human populations are called?
a. Stenographers
b. Demographers
c. geologists
d. populists
____6. The human population doubled from 2 billion to 4 billion in
a. 100 years
b. 75 years
c. 44 years
d. 25 years
____7. Which factor contributed most to exponential human population growth?
a. More food, better hygiene
c. higher fertility rates
b. Higher birth rates
d. increased immigration
Section 9.2
Matching
____8. Housing
____9. Sewage disposal
____10. Fuel supply
____11. Food production
12. The 1991 cholera outbreak in Lima, Peru was caused by
a. Lack of clean water
b. Inadequate medical care
13. Currently , the fastest growing populations are in
a. Europe
b. North America
a. vegetation
b. water
c. land
c. Widespread malnutrition
c. Asia
14. Which of the following is not a strategy that could slow population growth?
a. public advertising
b. economic incentives
c. legal punishments
Concept Review -Matching
____ 15. Highest birth rates
____ 16. The distribution of ages in a specific population at a certain time
____ 17. Percentage of member of a group that are likely to survive to a given age
____ 18. Movement of individuals out of a population
____ 19. The study of populations
____ 20. Movement of people into cities from rural areas
____ 21. The basic facilities and services that support a community
____ 22. Land that can be used to grow crops
____ 23. A model that describes how changes in a population may occur
____ 24. Average number of children a woman gives birth to in her lifetime
d. Rats and other rodents
d. Australia
d. limiting education for women
a. demography
b. age structure
c. emigration
d. infrastructure
e. arable land
f. least-developed countries
g. survivorship
h. demographic transition
i. urbanization
k. total fertility rate
Concept Review - Multiple Choice
25. Some under-developed countries have tried to control population growth by
a. increasing fertility rate
b. decreasing fertility rate
c. increasing emigration
d. decreasing emigration
26. Suburban sprawl, over-crowded schools, polluted rivers, and inadequate housing are symptoms of
a. stable population size
c. declining population size
b. overwhelming population growth
d. slow population growth
27. Access to adequate food, clean water and safe sewage disposal have resulted in a decline in
a. life expectancy
b. the birth rate
c. the death rate
d. infant health
28. According to the theory of demographic transition, populations in Stage 1 tend to
a. increase
b. decrease
c. remain the same
d. be large
29. Suburban sprawl results in
a. traffic jams b. inadequate infrastructure
c. reduction of land for farms and ranches
30. A population’s age structure is represented by a
a. population pyramid
b. survivorship curve
c. total fertility rate
d. all of the above
d. migration rate
31. What is the main source of energy in the poorest countries?
a. coal
b. solar collectors
c. wood
d. nuclear reactors
32. The graph of human population growth since 1200 BCE looks like
a. a J-curve
b. an S-curve
c. a horizontal line
33. Infant mortality rates are least effected by
a. average income
b. parents’ access to education
d. a straight 45 degree line
c. clean water
d. adequate food
34. Life expectancy in sub-Saharan Africa has declined due to the epidemic of
a. tuberculosis
b. AIDS
c. influenza
d. bubonic plague
35. A population will shrink if deaths + emigrants exceeds
a. deaths + births
c. births + immigrants
b. immigration – emigration
d. the carrying capacity of a nation
36. Which of the following is NOT part of a community’s infrastructure?
a. public water supply b. power plants
c. sewer lines
d. arable land
37. The movement of individuals between areas is called
a. migration
b. life expectancy
c. survivorship
d. urbanization
Key – ENVIRO SCIENCE MIXED AND CONCEPT REVIEW
1. C
2.A
3.B
4.D
5.B
6.C
7.A
8.C
9.B
10.A
11.C
12.A
13.C
14.C
15.F
16.B
17.G
18.C
19.A
20.I
21.D
22.E
23.H
24.J
25.B
26.B
27.C
28.C
29.D
30.A
31.C
32.A
33.A
34.B
35.C
36.D
37.A