AP Environmental Science
Unit 2 Evaluation
Choose the answer that best completes the statement or answers the question.
- A transitional nation will experience
a. high birth and death rates with little population growth.
b. a high birth rate and low death rate with high population growth.
c. a low birth rate, but a high death rate.
d. a high death rate with low population growth.
e. a low birth rate and a low death rate.
- Which of the following countries is currently experiencing rapid growth?
a. China
b. India
c. United States
d. Sweden
e. Germany
- With unlimited resources, the growth curve of the human population is best represented by
a. an exponential growth curve.
b. a logarithmic growth curve.
c. a linear growth curve.
d. a power curve.
e. a flat line.
- In a population growth curve, the x- and y-axes (respectively) represent
a. population growth rate and time.
b. the size of the population and time.
c. the birth rate and time.
d. time and the size of the population.
e. time and the birth rate.
- In a post-industrial nation, which of the following is usually true?
a. Deaths exceed births and growth is positive.
b. Births equal deaths and there is zero growth.
c. Births exceed deaths and growth is positive.
d. Births exceed deaths and growth is negative.
6. The equation for the total rate of population change is which of the following?
a. (birth rate + immigration) – (death rate + emigration)
b. (births – deaths)
c. 1.3%
d. 0.9%
e. (birth rate + immigration)
- Which of the following does not affect population dynamics?
a. cultural characteristics
b. health care
c. natural resources
d. language spoken
e. poverty
- The two most populous nations in the world are
a. the United States and Japan.
b. India and Russia.
c. Brazil and Canada.
d. the United States and Canada.
e. China and India.
- A revolution in farming occurred about 5000 years ago with the invention of
a. hybridized corn.
b. the spinning wheel.
c. the plow.
d. the reaper.
e. crop rotation.
- A slow growth country would be representative of what demographic category?
a. a pre-industrial nation
b. a transitional nation
c. an industrial nation
d. a post-industrial nation
e. a post-developmental nation
- Age-structure pyramids represent
a. the relative numbers of males and females at different age levels.
b. the income levels of age groups of the population.
c. the rate of increase of age-groups of the population.
d. gender specific birth and death rates.
e. the total number of humans at different age levels.
- Fast-growing countries have annual rates of population change exceeding
a. 0.2%.
b. 2%.
c. 1%.
d. 1.5%.
e. 0.5%.
- Carrying capacity is a concept that
a. applies to humans as well as to plants and other animals.
b. does not depend upon the amount of area in question.
c. can be ignored by humans.
d. determines the load a bridge can handle.
e. does none of these things.
- If a population is depleting its resources to a point where they will not sustain the population in the future, that population has
a. reached its carrying capacity.
b. not yet reached its carrying capacity.
c. exceeded its carrying capacity.
d. increased its carrying capacity.
e. This can’t be determined from the information given.
- Original estimates of human carrying capacity were wrong because they
a. overestimated the number of people the Earth could support.
b. did not take into account technological advances.
c. weren’t made by well-educated people.
d. overestimated the amount of food each person needs to live.
e. weren’t made using computers.
- The current human population is approximately
a. 6 million.
b. 1 billion.
c. 6 billion.
d. 10 billion.
e. 600 million.
- Humans can affect their carrying capacity on Earth by
a. traveling into space.
b. improving agricultural efficiency.
c. improving availability of birth control.
d. both b and c.
e. None of the above.
- Humans have increased food production and availability by
a. improving farm equipment.
b. developing better fertilizers.
c. utilizing faster transportation between growers and consumers.
d. using better irrigation methods.
e. all of the above.
- The highest estimate of human carrying capacity with current technology is approximately
a. 6 billion.
b. 9 billion.
c. 50 billion.
d. 1 trillion.
e. 600 billion.
- If everyone in the world lived at the same standard of living as the average United States citizen, the human carrying capacity of the Earth would be
a. much greater.
b. much lower.
c. unchanged.
d. slightly greater.
e. slightly lower.
- Which of the following has the smallest ecological footprint?
a. a vegetarian living in a New York City apartment
b. a vegan living in London
c. everyone has the same ecological footprint
d. a vegetarian living in an oceanfront villa in California who doesn’t eat much
e. a vegetarian living in a nondeveloped country
- Of the following, which could reduce one's ecological footprint?
a. reducing the amount of fossil fuel used
b. recycling aluminum soda cans
c. reusing plastic grocery bags as garbage bags
d. both a and b, but not c
e. All of the above would reduce the footprint.
- The world could sustain more people if everyone could subsist on a diet of
a. rice, fish, and wine.
b. fish, beef, and chicken.
c. rice, millet, and wheat.
d. wheat, beef, and potatoes.
e. rice, chicken, and wheat.
- The human carrying capacity of Earth
a. can probably be increased indefinitely.
b. is dependent upon the standard of living people have.
c. is not influenced by technology.
d. is static.
e. None of the above is true.
- Compared to a typical family in the United States, a typical family in a developing nation
a. uses fewer resources per capita.
b. has more children.
c. uses fewer resources per year as a family.
d. directly provides for elder members of the family.
e. has all of the above.
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