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human population

This is questions from my environmental science book from chapter 13.

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The factor most likely to result in a decrease in the size of a specific population is... Famine
The agricultural revolution took place approximately 10,000 years ago
The germ theory of disease eastablished that many diseases are caused by... micro-organisms
A dramatic decline in the population of Europe in the 1300s was caused by the bubonic plague
A nation with a population that is not increasing is Sweden
When calculating global population growth, the death rate 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 occuring in industrial societies
Problems associated with a declining population size include weakened economic growth
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 Malthus
The life expectancy of people in industrial societies has increased over time
A population that shows growth of 24 persons per 1,000 has a population growth of 2.4 percent
The population of Mexico City has doubled in 20 years
The increase in modern machinery tends to decrease the energy needs of society
The period of the twentieth century marked by huge advances in medicine is something called the agricultural revolution
What is an example of geometic progression the population of people
What is an example of arithmetic progression the food supply, or energy supply
Why do many organisms produce more offspring than can survive Then when the going gets tough, you could eat that organism
What controlled the population of early humans The amount of food that was available
What is an important characteristic of earliest permanent human settlements They could store food where they lived, so they wouldn't have to move around
What did the most rapid population growth rate result from advance in technology to increase the amount of food that was being harvested
When did the human population begin to grow faster than any other time in history? During the agricultural revolution
How much did the black plague of the 14th century reduce England's population 25 percent
What resulted from the germ theory People started improving in hygene, better medical care, and illness was more understandable
What is the formula for figuring population growth Subtracting the death rate from birth rate
What's an example of a country not experiencing population growth Sweden
What does the word demography mean the science of changing vital statistics in a human population
In the past 150 years how does energy consumption compare to population growth Energy consumption is way higher than population growth
Why will human over population likely lead to extinction of species The more there are humans, the more they destroy the energy, environment, and food sources to get what they want. Cause other species to die off with them
When did the agricultural revolution take place 10,000 years ago
What happens in geometric progression the numbers are multiplying
In arithmetic progression the numbers are adding
According to Darwen, individuals that survive have favorable traits
The population of early humans was not controlled by pollution
Antibiotics and vaccines were discovered in the biomedical revolution
Industrial revolution caused the most rapid population growth
the agricultual did not increase the amount of nomads
1/2 the population of England dropped because of the bubonic plague
The doubling time of a human population is 40-50 years
Mexico has 1/2 the population that is 15 years and younger
Sweden has a high amount of old people
Technology can't solve lack of space on which to live
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