pop and environment chat gpt

Question 1

What is carrying capacity?

Answer 1

The maximum population size an environment can sustainably support without environmental degradation.

Question 2

Define overpopulation.

Answer 2

When the population exceeds the carrying capacity of an area.

Question 3

Define underpopulation.

Answer 3

When there are too few people to make full use of resources.

Question 4

Define optimum population.

Answer 4

The population size producing the highest possible standard of living for a given environment.

Question 5

What is population density?

Answer 5

The number of people per square kilometre.

Question 6

What is population distribution?

Answer 6

The pattern of where people live within a given area.

Question 7

Name three physical factors affecting population distribution.

Answer 7

Climate, relief, water availability.

Question 8

Name three human factors affecting population distribution.

Answer 8

Infrastructure, economic opportunities, political stability.

Question 9

What is a population pyramid?

Answer 9

A graph showing the age and gender structure of a population.

Question 10

What is dependency ratio?

Answer 10

The ratio of dependents (under 15 and over 65) to the working-age population.

Question 11

What is natural population change?

Answer 11

The difference between birth and death rates.

Question 12

What is birth rate?

Answer 12

Number of live births per 1,000 people per year.

Question 13

What is death rate?

Answer 13

Number of deaths per 1,000 people per year.

Question 14

What is fertility rate?

Answer 14

Average number of children a woman will have during her lifetime.

Question 15

Define infant mortality rate.

Answer 15

Number of infant deaths per 1,000 live births before age 1.

Question 16

What is life expectancy?

Answer 16

Average number of years a person is expected to live.

Question 17

What factors influence birth rates?

Answer 17

Economic development, contraception, cultural norms, education of women.

Question 18

What factors influence death rates?

Answer 18

Healthcare access, nutrition, sanitation, conflict, diseases.

Question 19

What is migration?

Answer 19

The movement of people from one place to another.

Question 20

What are push and pull factors?

Answer 20

Push: factors driving people away (e.g. war). Pull: factors attracting people (e.g. jobs).

Question 21

What is the Malthusian Theory?

Answer 21

Population grows faster than food supply, leading to famine and disease.

Question 22

What is the Boserup Hypothesis?

Answer 22

Population growth encourages technological innovation in food production.

Question 23

What is the demographic transition model (DTM)?

Answer 23

A model showing how birth and death rates change as a country develops.

Question 24

How many stages are in the DTM?

Answer 24

Five.

Question 25

Describe Stage 1 of the DTM.

Answer 25

High birth and death rates, low growth.

Question 26

Describe Stage 5 of the DTM.

Answer 26

Low birth rates, slightly rising death rates, population decline.

Question 27

What is the epidemiological transition model (ETM)?

Answer 27

Shows how causes of death change with economic development.

Question 28

What is the cause of death in Stage 1 of the ETM?

Answer 28

Infectious and communicable diseases.

Question 29

What is the cause of death in Stage 4 of the ETM?

Answer 29

Degenerative and lifestyle diseases.

Question 30

What is a limitation of the DTM?

Answer 30

Based on European experience; ignores cultural, religious, or political factors.

Question 31

Define morbidity.

Answer 31

The rate of disease in a population.

Question 32

Define mortality.

Answer 32

The number of deaths in a population.

Question 33

Name two environmental factors affecting health.

Answer 33

Climate and air quality.

Question 34

How does air pollution affect health?

Answer 34

Increases respiratory and cardiovascular diseases.

Question 35

How does water quality impact health?

Answer 35

Poor water causes diseases like cholera and dysentery.

Question 36

Name a vector-borne disease.

Answer 36

Malaria.

Question 37

What is a pandemic?

Answer 37

A global disease outbreak.

Question 38

Name a pandemic from the 21st century.

Answer 38

COVID-19.

Question 39

How does climate influence disease?

Answer 39

Warmer, wetter climates encourage vectors like mosquitoes.

Question 40

Define agricultural productivity.

Answer 40

The output of food per unit of input.

Question 41

Name three physical factors affecting agriculture.

Answer 41

Climate, soil fertility, topography.

Question 42

Name three human factors affecting agriculture.

Answer 42

Technology, government policy, market access.

Question 43

What is intensive farming?

Answer 43

High-input, high-yield farming over small areas.

Question 44

What is extensive farming?

Answer 44

Low-input, low-yield farming over large areas.

Question 45

Define subsistence farming.

Answer 45

Growing food for personal/family consumption.

Question 46

Define commercial farming.

Answer 46

Farming for sale and profit.

Question 47

What was the Green Revolution?

Answer 47

Agricultural intensification using high-yield crops, fertilisers, pesticides.

Question 48

Name one benefit of the Green Revolution.

Answer 48

Increased food production in Asia.

Question 49

Name one problem of the Green Revolution.

Answer 49

Soil degradation and reliance on chemicals.

Question 50

What is soil?

Answer 50

A mix of minerals, organic matter, water and air supporting plant life.

Question 51

Name five factors influencing soil formation.

Answer 51

Climate, organisms, parent material, relief, time.

Question 52

Define soil degradation.

Answer 52

Loss of soil fertility through erosion, salinisation, compaction.

Question 53

Name one human cause of soil degradation.

Answer 53

Deforestation.

Question 54

Name one environmental consequence of soil erosion.

Answer 54

Flooding.

Question 55

What is nutrient cycling?

Answer 55

The transfer of nutrients between soil, plants, animals, and decomposers.

Question 56

Why is nutrient cycling important?

Answer 56

Maintains soil fertility and sustainable food production.

Question 57

Name one soil management strategy.

Answer 57

Crop rotation.

Question 58

Define food security.

Answer 58

Reliable access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food.

Question 59

Name a factor affecting food security.

Answer 59

Climate change.

Question 60

Define famine.

Answer 60

Severe, widespread food shortage causing malnutrition and death.

Question 61

Name a cause of famine.

Answer 61

Drought.

Question 62

Define undernutrition.

Answer 62

Insufficient calorie intake.

Question 63

Define malnutrition.

Answer 63

Deficiency or imbalance of nutrients.

Question 64

Why is food insecurity a problem in Ethiopia?

Answer 64

Drought, conflict, and soil degradation.

Question 65

Name one food security strategy in Ethiopia.

Answer 65

Sustainable Land Management Programme (SLMP).

Question 66

What makes Ethiopia vulnerable to malaria?

Answer 66

Warm climate and poor healthcare.

Question 67

Name one malaria control measure in Ethiopia.

Answer 67

Insecticide-treated bed nets.

Question 68

What does a wide base in a population pyramid show?

Answer 68

High birth rates.

Question 69

What does a narrowing apex in a population pyramid show?

Answer 69

High death rates in older age groups.

Question 70

How do you calculate natural increase?

Answer 70

Birth rate minus death rate.

Question 71

How can maps be used in population studies?

Answer 71

To show population density, health risks, and resource distribution.

Question 72

Name a method to present population distribution.

Answer 72

Choropleth maps.

Question 73

How can GIS help manage food security?

Answer 73

Map areas of food production and vulnerability.