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of the following, the factor most likely to result in a decrease in the sizr of a specific population is | famine |
the agricultural revolution took place approximately | 10,000 years ago |
the germ theory of disease established that many diseases are caused by | microorganisms |
a dramatic decline in the popuation of Europe in the 1300s was caused by the | bubonic plague |
a nation with a population that is not increasing is | swedan |
when calculating global population growth, the death ration is | subtracted from the birth rate |
at present, the growth patterns of the human population are best described as | geometric |
the greatest growth of human populations today is occurring in | developing nations |
problems associated with a declining population size include | increased famine |
the change in energy consumption in the United States during the past 100 years is due to | both population growth and modernization |
the person who compared the growth of the human population to its food resources was Thomas More | true |
the life expectancy of people in industrial societies has increased over time | true |
a population that shows growth of 24 persons per 1000 - has population growth of 24%. | false. 2.4% |
the population of Mexico City has doubled within 20 years | false 20 |
the increase in modern machinery tends to decrease the energy needs of a society | false. increase |
the period of the twentieth century marked by huge advances in medicine is sometimes called the biomedical revolution | true |
what is an example of geometric progression | |
whats an example of an arithmetic progression | |
what do many organisms produce more offspring than can survive | |
what controlled the population of early humans? | |
what was an important characteristic of the earliest permanent human settlements | |
what did the most rapid population growth rate result from | |
when did the human population begin to grow faster than any other time in history | |
how much did the black plague of the 14th century reduce englands population | |
what resulted from the germ theory | |
what is the formula for figuring population growth | |
whats an example of a country not experiencing population growth | swedan |
what does the demography mean | the science of the changing vital statistics in human population |
for the past 150 years how does energy consumption compare to population growth | |
why will human over population likely lead to extinction of species | |
when did the agricultural revolution take place | 10,000 years ago |
geometric | 4,12,36 |
arithmatic | 2,4,6 |
individuals survive | have favorable traits |
biomedical | antibiotics& vaccines were discovered |
rapid growth rsulted | industrial revolution |
not a result of the agricultural revolution | increased nomadic activity |
diseases are more common because | cities are desley populated |
evidence in ireland in mid-1800s | famine due to plant diseases |
elderly people | sweden |
energy needs not affected by | location of energy sources |