Question 1

Which of the following BEST describes an urban brownfield?

Accepted Answer

A) Vacant house lots that are overgrown with weeds and vegetation. 
B) Community gardens established by neighborhood organizations. 
C) Meadows that are earmarked for industrial development. 
D) Abandoned factories that may be contaminated from past uses. 
A) Vacant house lots that are overgrown with weeds and vegetation. 
B) Community gardens established by neighborhood organizations. 
C) Meadows that are earmarked for industrial development. 
D) Abandoned factories that may be contaminated from past uses.

Question 2

What happens during the pre-industrial stage of the demographic transition?

Accepted Answer

A) Birth and death rates are high. 
B) The death rate is low. 
C) Only very light industrialization. 
D) The birth rate is low. 
A) Birth and death rates are high. 
B) The death rate is low. 
C) Only very light industrialization. 
D) The birth rate is low.

Question 3

Which of the following factors affects the total fertility rate for human populations today?

Accepted Answer

A) Availability of family planning services 
B) Cultural and religious traditions 
C) Governmental policies 
D) All of these choices 
A) Availability of family planning services 
B) Cultural and religious traditions 
C) Governmental policies 
D) All of these choices

Question 4

The accelerating population growth that occurs when optimal conditions allow a constant reproductive rate is known as ________.

Accepted Answer

Exponentia

Question 5

Immigration is when individuals leave a population and the population decreases in size.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

What is replacement-level fertility?

Accepted Answer

A) the number of children born to the average woman per year. 
B) the number of children born to the average woman during her lifetime. 
C) the number of children a couple must produce to replace themselves. 
D) the number of children born in a population during a single year. 
A) the number of children born to the average woman per year. 
B) the number of children born to the average woman during her lifetime. 
C) the number of children a couple must produce to replace themselves. 
D) the number of children born in a population during a single year.

Question 7

What conclusions can be drawn about the populations shown in the age structure pyramids below?

Accepted Answer

A) The populations are likely to increase in size in the near future. 
B) The elderly people are dying more quickly than in the past. 
C) Fertility rates in these countries are high. 
D) The populations are in either slow or zero growth and thus quite stable. 
A) The populations are likely to increase in size in the near future. 
B) The elderly people are dying more quickly than in the past. 
C) Fertility rates in these countries are high. 
D) The populations are in either slow or zero growth and thus quite stable.

Question 8

What is one way in which urban areas in developing nations differ from urban areas in highly developed nations?

Accepted Answer

A) Since private automobile ownership rates are lower in developing nations, urban areas there have better air quality than urban areas in highly developed nations where automobile ownership rates are much higher. 
B) Urban areas in developing nations are currently growing at a very rapid rate such that the pace of growth has outstripped the limited capacity of cities to provide basic services, whereas in the highly developed nations urban growth that occurred over that last 150 years or so occurred slowly enough to allow important city services such as sewage treatment and housing to keep pace with the influx of people from rural areas. 
C) Urban areas in developing nations tend to have more females than males, whereas more males than females live in urban areas in highly developed nations. 
D) Brownfield development is a unique phenomenon in the urban areas of developing nations due to the slums and squatter settlements found there, but since there are no slums in the urban areas of highly developed nations, there are also no brownfields. 
A) Since private automobile ownership rates are lower in developing nations, urban areas there have better air quality than urban areas in highly developed nations where automobile ownership rates are much higher. 
B) Urban areas in developing nations are currently growing at a very rapid rate such that the pace of growth has outstripped the limited capacity of cities to provide basic services, whereas in the highly developed nations urban growth that occurred over that last 150 years or so occurred slowly enough to allow important city services such as sewage treatment and housing to keep pace with the influx of people from rural areas. 
C) Urban areas in developing nations tend to have more females than males, whereas more males than females live in urban areas in highly developed nations. 
D) Brownfield development is a unique phenomenon in the urban areas of developing nations due to the slums and squatter settlements found there, but since there are no slums in the urban areas of highly developed nations, there are also no brownfields.

Question 9

What happens to human population during a demographic transition?

Accepted Answer

A) Population switches from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates. 
B) Population switches from high to low birth rates and low to high death rates. 
C) Population switches from low to high birth rates and high to low death rates. 
D) Population changes from a majority of young people to a majority of elderly people. 
A) Population switches from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates. 
B) Population switches from high to low birth rates and low to high death rates. 
C) Population switches from low to high birth rates and high to low death rates. 
D) Population changes from a majority of young people to a majority of elderly people.

Question 10

Which of the following statements about population ecology is TRUE?

Accepted Answer

A) Population ecology only deals with declining populations that are in need of intervention in order to survive. 
B) Population ecology focuses on individuals and their interactions, but not the abiotic environment. 
C) Population ecology attempts to explain how and why the number of individuals in a given area changes over time. 
D) Population ecology is not important to scientists in applied disciplines, such as wildlife management. 
A) Population ecology only deals with declining populations that are in need of intervention in order to survive. 
B) Population ecology focuses on individuals and their interactions, but not the abiotic environment. 
C) Population ecology attempts to explain how and why the number of individuals in a given area changes over time. 
D) Population ecology is not important to scientists in applied disciplines, such as wildlife management.

Question 11

The graph below is a record of the population size of reindeer on one of the Pribilof Islands off the coast of Alaska where they were introduced in 1911. If it is known that the availability of winter forage determines the carrying capacity for reindeer, what can be interpreted from this graph?

Accepted Answer

A) The population crashed due to overgrazing by the reindeer. 
B) An environmental resistance factor like disease caused the population to decline somewhat. 
C) Some reindeer were lost to predation by wolves 
D) Some reindeer emigrated to another island. 
A) The population crashed due to overgrazing by the reindeer. 
B) An environmental resistance factor like disease caused the population to decline somewhat. 
C) Some reindeer were lost to predation by wolves 
D) Some reindeer emigrated to another island.

Question 12

Evaluate Curitiba, Brazil's performance as livable city in the developing world. Give a letter grade A+, A, A-, B+, B and so on in each of the following areas: pollution control, infrastructure, land-use planning, waste disposal and recycling. Give an example of each category that would justify your grading.

Accepted Answer

Curitiba city is a good example of compa

Question 13

Increasing educational opportunities especially for women results in a decrease in total fertility because it:

Accepted Answer

A) decreases the marriage age. 
B) delays the age at which women have their first child. 
C) decreases access to contraceptives. 
D) leads to a greater understanding of traditional and religious beliefs. 
A) decreases the marriage age. 
B) delays the age at which women have their first child. 
C) decreases access to contraceptives. 
D) leads to a greater understanding of traditional and religious beliefs.

Question 14

During which of the four stages of demographic transition shown below does the population grow the most rapidly?

Accepted Answer

A) Industrial 
B) Preindustrial 
C) Postindustrial 
D) Transitional 
A) Industrial 
B) Preindustrial 
C) Postindustrial 
D) Transitional

Question 15

Which of the following statements about the graph shown is TRUE?

Accepted Answer

A) Only Nigeria's population growth rate is increasing. 
B) China's and Brazil's fertility rate is below replacement level fertility. 
C) Only Egypt's fertility rate is above replacement level fertility. 
D) Mexico and Brazil are both below replacement level fertility. 
A) Only Nigeria's population growth rate is increasing. 
B) China's and Brazil's fertility rate is below replacement level fertility. 
C) Only Egypt's fertility rate is above replacement level fertility. 
D) Mexico and Brazil are both below replacement level fertility.

Question 16

Which of the following factors has the LEAST effect on the death rates of a population?

Accepted Answer

A) Availability of health care 
B) Provision of adequate sanitation systems 
C) Age structure of the population 
D) Availability of good nutrition 
A) Availability of health care 
B) Provision of adequate sanitation systems 
C) Age structure of the population 
D) Availability of good nutrition

Question 17

A city can be considered an ecosystem as shown in the figure below. What is not shown in the figure that would make the city more sustainable?

Accepted Answer

A) The internal cycling of materials and energy within the urban system, which would reduce both the inputs necessary as well as the wastes produced. 
B) A climate that supports outdoor activities year round, which would reduce the use of a car. 
C) A population of 10 million residents or more, which would mean that less resources would be used per person. 
D) High socio-economic levels and a population of similar ethnicity, which would mean that green decisions about city life could be made easily and people could afford to pay for them. 
A) The internal cycling of materials and energy within the urban system, which would reduce both the inputs necessary as well as the wastes produced. 
B) A climate that supports outdoor activities year round, which would reduce the use of a car. 
C) A population of 10 million residents or more, which would mean that less resources would be used per person. 
D) High socio-economic levels and a population of similar ethnicity, which would mean that green decisions about city life could be made easily and people could afford to pay for them.

Question 18

Why does the death rate usually decline quickly during a demographic transition?

Accepted Answer

A) improved health care and modern medicines. 
B) increased education of women. 
C) increased contraceptive use. 
D) increased economic productivity. 
A) improved health care and modern medicines. 
B) increased education of women. 
C) increased contraceptive use. 
D) increased economic productivity.

Question 19

In Sri Lanka, the average age at marriage is 25, and the average number of children born per woman is 2.0. In Bangladesh, the average age at marriage is 17, and the average number of children born per woman is 3.0. Which of the following conclusions is supported by these data?

Accepted Answer

A) The earlier a woman marries, the more children she is likely to have 
B) The more highly educated the woman, the less children she is likely to have 
C) The doubling time of the Bangladesh population is 58 years at its current rate of natural increase 
D) The earlier a woman marries, the less children she is likely to have 
A) The earlier a woman marries, the more children she is likely to have 
B) The more highly educated the woman, the less children she is likely to have 
C) The doubling time of the Bangladesh population is 58 years at its current rate of natural increase 
D) The earlier a woman marries, the less children she is likely to have

Question 20

Family planning services affects total fertility rate because where family planning services are available:

Accepted Answer

A) men and women are able to limit family size 
B) safeguards are in place for individual health rights 
C) the quality of life for children are improved 
D) all of the choices 
A) men and women are able to limit family size 
B) safeguards are in place for individual health rights 
C) the quality of life for children are improved 
D) all of the choices

Which of the following BEST describes an urban brownfield?

What happens during the pre-industrial stage of the demographic transition?

Which of the following factors affects the total fertility rate for human populations today?

The accelerating population growth that occurs when optimal conditions allow a constant reproductive rate is known as ________.

Immigration is when individuals leave a population and the population decreases in size.

What is replacement-level fertility?

What conclusions can be drawn about the populations shown in the age structure pyramids below?

What is one way in which urban areas in developing nations differ from urban areas in highly developed nations?

What happens to human population during a demographic transition?

Which of the following statements about population ecology is TRUE?

The graph below is a record of the population size of reindeer on one of the Pribilof Islands off the coast of Alaska where they were introduced in 1911. If it is known that the availability of winter forage determines the carrying capacity for reindeer, what can be interpreted from this graph?

Increasing educational opportunities especially for women results in a decrease in total fertility because it:

During which of the four stages of demographic transition shown below does the population grow the most rapidly?

Which of the following statements about the graph shown is TRUE?

Which of the following factors has the LEAST effect on the death rates of a population?

A city can be considered an ecosystem as shown in the figure below. What is not shown in the figure that would make the city more sustainable?

Why does the death rate usually decline quickly during a demographic transition?

In Sri Lanka, the average age at marriage is 25, and the average number of children born per woman is 2.0. In Bangladesh, the average age at marriage is 17, and the average number of children born per woman is 3.0. Which of the following conclusions is supported by these data?

Family planning services affects total fertility rate because where family planning services are available:

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Exam 7: Human Population Change and the Environment

Which of the following BEST describes an urban brownfield?

What happens during the pre-industrial stage of the demographic transition?

Which of the following factors affects the total fertility rate for human populations today?

The accelerating population growth that occurs when optimal conditions allow a constant reproductive rate is known as ________.

Immigration is when individuals leave a population and the population decreases in size.

What is replacement-level fertility?

What conclusions can be drawn about the populations shown in the age structure pyramids below?

What is one way in which urban areas in developing nations differ from urban areas in highly developed nations?

What happens to human population during a demographic transition?

Which of the following statements about population ecology is TRUE?

The graph below is a record of the population size of reindeer on one of the Pribilof Islands off the coast of Alaska where they were introduced in 1911. If it is known that the availability of winter forage determines the carrying capacity for reindeer, what can be interpreted from this graph?

Increasing educational opportunities especially for women results in a decrease in total fertility because it:

During which of the four stages of demographic transition shown below does the population grow the most rapidly?

Which of the following statements about the graph shown is TRUE?

Which of the following factors has the LEAST effect on the death rates of a population?

A city can be considered an ecosystem as shown in the figure below. What is not shown in the figure that would make the city more sustainable?

Why does the death rate usually decline quickly during a demographic transition?

In Sri Lanka, the average age at marriage is 25, and the average number of children born per woman is 2.0. In Bangladesh, the average age at marriage is 17, and the average number of children born per woman is 3.0. Which of the following conclusions is supported by these data?

Family planning services affects total fertility rate because where family planning services are available:

The Environmental Challenges We Face

Sustainability and Human Values

Environmental History, Politics, and Economics

Risk Analysis and Environmental Health Hazards

How Ecosystems Work

Ecosystems and Evolution

Air and Air Pollution

Global Atmospheric Changes

Freshwater Resources and Water Pollution

The Ocean and Fisheries

Mineral and Soil Resources

Land Resources

Agriculture and Food Resources

Biodiversity and Conservation

Solid and Hazardous Waste

Nonrenewable Energy Resources

Renewable Energy Resources

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