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9464582073Why does it take less and less time to add each additional billion people to the planetBecause as the population increases the total number of births increases0
9464582074How many people are added to a population of 100000 each year with a 1% growth rateAbout 10001
9464582075Why did the global population start to grow so quickly in the 1700Because Improved sanitation and medicine associated with a technological advances of the industrial revolution increased human life Expectancy2
9464582076What are the 2 most populated continents in the worldAfrica and Asia3
9464582077What is a dependency ratio and Why is it importantThe ratio of non working to working people. because non working people require the support of up working population4
9464582078What type of age structure would you expect during stage 2 of the demographic transition, when there are high birth and low death ratesA Pyramid shape age structure with more young people than middle aged people5
9464582079Using the demographic transition model predict what changes most likely to occur in a country that has a declining death rate and a birth rate there remains highThe birth rate will fall6
9464582080in which of the following countries would you likely find a high total fertility ratesKenya7
9464582081What is the definition of the total fertility rateThe average number of children born to a woman during her lifetime8
9464582082What is the general global relation between total fertility rate, economic development, and povertyA country's level of economic development is highest and poverty's lowest when the total fertility rate is low9
9464582083What is a typical replacement rate for populationsSlightly more than 2 children per woman because some children die before reaching adulthood10
9464582084What are the major causes of death in the world's poorest countriesMost people die of preventable and treatable diseases such as infectious and parasitic diseases11
9464582085Why does population increase so quickly as death rates fallBecause birthrates remain high for some time after death rates began to fall, causing the population to go through a period of rapid increase12
9464582086Despite a large increase in global population the over all growth rate is not as high as it was 100 years ago wereAnd because the developing nations are moving through the early stages of the demographic transition faster than the United States and the European nations did 100 years ago13
9464582087What does the T stand for in the I=PAT EquationTechnology14
9464582088Why does population growth in the United States have a larger effect on the global environment than population growth in IndiaBecause the average resident Of the United States consumes far more resources than a Resident of India15
9464582089What kind of technology could be used to reduce environmental impacts associated with rising populations and levels of AffluenceAir pollution control equipment16
9464582090Wealthy countries often have less air pollution than the poor countries Which of the following statements best captures the role of affluence in the environmental impactsWhen money is invested in technologies that reduce pollution affluence can help reduce environmental impact17
9464582091What is an ecological footprintA measure of the land and water area of the planet it's required to support the consumption of a single person18
9464582092Which of the following societee is would have the largest ecological footprintPer capita income of 50000 per year where they highly industrialized economy19
9464582093What is the current estimate of how large the global population will be around 210011 billion20
9464582094of global fertility rates dropped to 1.9 what would happen to the world's population over the next 50 yearsIt would continue to rise21
9464582095What 2 regions will have the most population growth in the next 100 yearsAfrica and Asia22
9464582096What major changes would need to occur for the population to stabilize around 11 billion by 2100The least developed countries in the world would have to drastically reduce their fertility rates23
9464582097If the population increases by about 28% between now and 2050 which of the following best capture the likely change in demand for foodDemand for food will increase considerably more than by 28%24
9464582098In what way can wealth increase the impacts of population growth on the environmentRising affluence leads to rising consumption of goods and services and this Increases the impacts of population growth on the environment25

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