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A) intrinsic rate of increase
B) population density
C) population growth momentum
D) total fertility rate
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A) Higher birth rate
B) Higher fecundity rate
C) Increase in immigration.
D) Lower death rate
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D
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A) Niche width
B) Carrying capacity
C) Disease and predation
D) Age at which reproduction begins
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D
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A) Suburban sprawl that surrounds most cities in the United States has encroached into former forest, wetland, desert, or agricultural land destroying or fragmenting wildlife habitat.
B) Most of the large cities in the United States have blocks of brownfields-areas of abandoned, vacant factories, warehouses, and residential sites that may be contaminated from past uses.
C) Due to the well-developed transportation infrastructure, most workers in cities in the United States have to commute only one or two miles from home to work.
D) The high density of automobiles, factories and commercial enterprises in urban areas causes a buildup of airborne emissions and thus the atmosphere in many US cities often contains higher levels of pollutants than are acceptable based on heath standards.
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A) A list would include Japan, Australia, and Germany.
B) They have high fertility rates.
C) They have very low infant mortality rates.
D) They have longer life expectancies than in less developed countries.
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A) 1.7
B) 2.1
C) 2.6
D) 3.5
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A) In general, there are more illiterate men than women.
B) The total number of children a woman has during her life is affected by her education - the more educated a woman is, the greater the number of children she has.
C) Almost 70% of Bangladeshi women and 50% of Bangladeshi men are able to read and write.
D) Based on the connection between education and fertility rates, one would predict that the fertility rate in Mexico would be lower than the fertility rate in Ethiopia as literacy rates are higher in Mexico.
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Growth rate
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A) have a large population of old people soon.
B) not grow much in the coming years.
C) soon begin to decline
D) grow substantially in the future.
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A) It must equal zero
B) It must decline
C) It needs to be less than emigration
D) It must equal the death rate
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A) How animal communities form and interact
B) How groups of animals of the same species respond to their environment
C) The impact of humans on the environment
D) How ecosystems fit into the landscape
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A) Greater food production.
B) Better medical care.
C) Improvements in water quality and sanitation practices
D) All of these choices
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A) They must be bacteria
B) Unlimited time
C) Unlimited resources
D) High carrying capacity
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A) A program to lower fertility rates.
B) A low interest credit card program for college students.
C) A small loan program for extremely poor people.
D) An education program designed for poor women in developing countries.
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A) emigration rate.
B) death rate.
C) the Earth's carrying capacity.
D) changes in fertility rate as a result condom use.
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A) The Earth's carrying capacity for humans is hard to estimate and depends on assumptions made about standard of living, resource consumption, technological innovations, and waste generation.
B) Most published estimates suggest that the Earth's carrying for humans are unlimited thus human populations can grow indefinitely.
C) Environmental constraints determine the Earth's carrying capacity for humans. Human choices and values need not be factored into the assessment.
D) The higher the standard of living, the more people the Earth can support as people with a high standard of living have more money to spend on green technology that reduces environmental impact.
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A) China, India, Russia
B) China, India, United States
C) China, Bangladesh, India
D) Pakistan, Indonesia, Japan
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