Exam 34: Human Population, Limited Resources, and Pollution

The increase and decrease of individuals in a population around the carrying capacity in response to resource availability and other environmental factors is known as which growth pattern?

This type of forest is disappearing fastest.

________ is the term that describes how populations change in size.

In the 1920s and 1930s, terrible dust storms carried away tons of good soil from farmland in western Oklahoma. Which of the following would be a result?

A(n) ________ is determined by the rates at which individuals are added to and subtracted from the population.

Imagine a chart showing the number of people in different age groups (0 to 5 years old) as blocks in proportion to the number of people in each age group. If each of these age blocks is shown stacked with the youngest at the bottom and the oldest at the top, what shape will the whole stack assume when there is a rapid population doubling time?

If the age structure of a country shows a large base and a tapering shape, we would guess that the population of this country will ________.

This method of generating energy has in the past resulted in accidents that in turn cause cancer.

In ________ countries, the doubling time is often small.

Generally, the homicide rate is higher in cities with large populations than in smaller municipalities. How, then, would you characterize homicides as population-controlling factors?

The Social Security fund is maintained by a federal tax on the earnings of employed people. Which group of workers should be encouraged to live temporarily in the country?

If the women of Transylpolkonia traditionally delay having their first child until they are in their late 30s but the women of Chaldokia normally start their families in their teens, which nation will be more likely to have an increasing population?

The ozone in the atmosphere can be damaged by which of the following?

That carton of milk has been sitting in the refrigerator for several weeks, and everyone in your house has been complaining about it-it is full of bacteria! Predict what will happen to those bacteria as time goes on.

Irrigating land can lead to a buildup of salt in the soil called ________.

________ are events that bring about death that are not related to the density of individuals in a population.

Which of the following is an example of direct water usage?

Discuss some of the factors that cause population size to fluctuate around the carrying capacity.

Which of the following activities is likely to deplete an aquifer fastest?

If a great volcano blew up and almost everyone nearby was killed, we would say that this was due to a(n) ________ regulating factor.