9464582073 | Why does it take less and less time to add each additional billion people to the planet | Because as the population increases the total number of births increases | 0 | |
9464582074 | How many people are added to a population of 100000 each year with a 1% growth rate | About 1000 | 1 | |
9464582075 | Why did the global population start to grow so quickly in the 1700 | Because Improved sanitation and medicine associated with a technological advances of the industrial revolution increased human life Expectancy | 2 | |
9464582076 | What are the 2 most populated continents in the world | Africa and Asia | 3 | |
9464582077 | What is a dependency ratio and Why is it important | The ratio of non working to working people. because non working people require the support of up working population | 4 | |
9464582078 | What type of age structure would you expect during stage 2 of the demographic transition, when there are high birth and low death rates | A Pyramid shape age structure with more young people than middle aged people | 5 | |
9464582079 | Using 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 high | The birth rate will fall | 6 | |
9464582080 | in which of the following countries would you likely find a high total fertility rates | Kenya | 7 | |
9464582081 | What is the definition of the total fertility rate | The average number of children born to a woman during her lifetime | 8 | |
9464582082 | What is the general global relation between total fertility rate, economic development, and poverty | A country's level of economic development is highest and poverty's lowest when the total fertility rate is low | 9 | |
9464582083 | What is a typical replacement rate for populations | Slightly more than 2 children per woman because some children die before reaching adulthood | 10 | |
9464582084 | What are the major causes of death in the world's poorest countries | Most people die of preventable and treatable diseases such as infectious and parasitic diseases | 11 | |
9464582085 | Why does population increase so quickly as death rates fall | Because birthrates remain high for some time after death rates began to fall, causing the population to go through a period of rapid increase | 12 | |
9464582086 | Despite a large increase in global population the over all growth rate is not as high as it was 100 years ago were | And 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 ago | 13 | |
9464582087 | What does the T stand for in the I=PAT Equation | Technology | 14 | |
9464582088 | Why does population growth in the United States have a larger effect on the global environment than population growth in India | Because the average resident Of the United States consumes far more resources than a Resident of India | 15 | |
9464582089 | What kind of technology could be used to reduce environmental impacts associated with rising populations and levels of Affluence | Air pollution control equipment | 16 | |
9464582090 | Wealthy countries often have less air pollution than the poor countries Which of the following statements best captures the role of affluence in the environmental impacts | When money is invested in technologies that reduce pollution affluence can help reduce environmental impact | 17 | |
9464582091 | What is an ecological footprint | A measure of the land and water area of the planet it's required to support the consumption of a single person | 18 | |
9464582092 | Which of the following societee is would have the largest ecological footprint | Per capita income of 50000 per year where they highly industrialized economy | 19 | |
9464582093 | What is the current estimate of how large the global population will be around 2100 | 11 billion | 20 | |
9464582094 | of global fertility rates dropped to 1.9 what would happen to the world's population over the next 50 years | It would continue to rise | 21 | |
9464582095 | What 2 regions will have the most population growth in the next 100 years | Africa and Asia | 22 | |
9464582096 | What major changes would need to occur for the population to stabilize around 11 billion by 2100 | The least developed countries in the world would have to drastically reduce their fertility rates | 23 | |
9464582097 | If the population increases by about 28% between now and 2050 which of the following best capture the likely change in demand for food | Demand for food will increase considerably more than by 28% | 24 | |
9464582098 | In what way can wealth increase the impacts of population growth on the environment | Rising affluence leads to rising consumption of goods and services and this Increases the impacts of population growth on the environment | 25 |
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