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Question 1

The human population is growing rapidly. For most of human history, there were _____ on the planet.

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fewer than 1 billion people

Question 2

During the time of the agricultural revolution, 10,000 B.C., there were only _____ on Earth -
which is basically the population of
New York City today.

Answer 2

5-10 million people

Question 3

In 1800, when the Industrial Revolution began, there were approximately ______

Answer 3

1 billion people on Earth

Question 4

The world population, or the total number of humans currently living, is estimated to have reached ______

Answer 4

7.5 billions as of April 2017

Question 5

To date, the absolute growth rate of humans has stabilized at _______

Answer 5

1.1% per year

Question 6

can be generally defined as a group of individuals of the same species occupying a given area at a given time.

Answer 6

POPULATION

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is the study of populations and their interactions with their environment.

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POPULATION ECOLOGY

Question 8

The environment influences populations in terms of its _____, ______, ______, and _____ .

Answer 8

density and distribution, age,
structure, and size.

Question 9

is the pattern of spacing among individuals within the boundaries of the population.

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DISPERSION

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is the most common pattern of population dispersion.

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CLUMPED PATTERN

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when individuals are evenly spaced over the area they occupy. A pattern seen in species whose individuals do not have close interactions.

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UNIFORMLY PATTERN

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individuals of a population have an unpredictable distribution. This pattern is common in species that prefer solitary lives.

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RANDOM PATTERN

Question 13

Within a particular habitat, a population can be characterised by its _____

Answer 13

population size (N)

Question 14

the number of individuals within a specific area or volume.

Answer 14

POPULATION DENSITY

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are the two main characteristics used to describe a population.

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POPULATION SIZE AND DENSITY

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represents the maximum population size that a particular environment can support

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CARRYING CAPACITY

Question 17

First of the three major factors account for this population increase

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humans developed the ability to expand into diverse new habitats and different climate zones.

Question 18

Second of the three major factors account for this population increase

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the emergence of early and modern agriculture allowed more people to be fed for each unit of land area farmed.

Question 19

Third of the three major factors account for this population increase

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the development of sanitation systems, antibiotics, and vaccines helped control infectious disease agents. As a result, death rates dropped sharply.

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Altering Nature to Meet Our Needs

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● Reduction of biodiversity
● Increasing use of the earth’s net primary productivity
● Increasing genetic resistance of pest species and
disease-causing bacteria
● Elimination of many natural predators
● Introduction of potentially harmful species into communities
● Using some renewable resources faster than they can be replenished
● Interfering with the earth’s chemical cycling and energy flow processes
● Relying mostly on polluting and climate-changing fossil fuels

Question 21

WHAT FACTORS INFLUENCE THE SIZE OF HUMAN POPULATION?

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increases because of births and immigration, decreases through deaths and emigration.

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is the actual level of reproduction of a population per Individual, based on the number of live births that occur.

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FERTILITY

Question 23

also known as birth rate is the total number of live humans births per 1,000 population divided by the length of a period in years.

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FERTILITY RATE

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also known as death rate is a measure of the number of deaths in particular population, scaled to the size of that population per unit of time.

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MORTALITY RATE

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the act of someone coming to live permanently in foreign country

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IMMIGRATION (INTO)

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the act of someone coming to live permanently in foreign country

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EMIGRATION (EXIT)(OUT)

Question 27

is the
average number of children born to each woman, over the woman’s lifespan, in a population.

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TOTAL FERTILITY RATE

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is when data rises over a period of time, creating an upwards trending curve on a graph. In mathematics, when the function includes a power (or an exponent), the calculation would be increasing exponentially

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EXPONENTIAL GROWTH

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shows the changes in the patterns of birth rates and death rates that typically occur as a country moves through the process of industrialization or development.

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DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION MODEL

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STAGE 1 OF DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION MODEL

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is the preindustrial stage.

Question 31

STAGE 2 OF DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION MODEL

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Death rates continue to fall throughout Stage 2 as conditions improve.

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STAGE 3 OF DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION MODEL

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A falling birth rate

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STAGE 4 OF DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION MODEL

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Birth rate and death rates drop to low, stable, approximately equal levels

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is the average number of years that a person in a particular population is expected to live.

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LIFE EXPECTANCY

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It is one of the tools that demographers use to understand populations. It provides a snapshot of the current population and can represent information about the past and give potential clues about future problems

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AGE STRUCTURE DIAGRAMS

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HOW CAN WE SLOW HUMAN POPULATION GROWTH?

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● As countries develop, their populations tend to grow more slowly.
● Planning for babies works
● Empowering women can slow population growth

Question 37

The world population refers to the entire number of people of all ages, living in all countries throughout the world.

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GLOBAL POPULATION

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the study of human populations

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DEMOGRAPHY

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collect and process information about population processes such as fertility, mortality, and migration.

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DEMOGRAPHERS