L.5 - Growth

Question 1

What are mathematics of growth considered?

Answer 1

1) population growth
2) resource consumption
3) pollution accumulation
4) radioactive decay

Question 2

Why do we care to learn about growth?

Answer 2

to learn about the impact on the environment due to population growth, economic growth, and technology change

Question 3

Define Logistic Growth:

Answer 3

growth observed for populations of organisms found in natural and engineered systems

Question 4

List some major organism groups:

Answer 4

1) Algae
2) Fungi
3) Bacteria
4) Viruses

Question 5

What are the typical bacterial growth curve portions?
Log organisms/ml vs time

Answer 5

1) Lag
2) Exponential
3) Stationary
4) Death

Question 6

What factors affect human population?

Answer 6

1) Crude birth rate
2) Crude death rate
3) Total fertility rate
4) Infant mortality rate
5) Rate of natural increase
6) Net migration rate
7) Demographic transition

Question 7

What are some environmental impacts due to human activity?

Answer 7

1) Resource depletion
2) Waste accumulation
3) Global warming potential

Question 8

Define Ecological Footprint:

Answer 8

the determination of the biologically productive land area required to provide an individual’s resource and absorb the waste their activities produce