Title: Unit 5 Quiz
Course: BIS 105 Environmental Biology > Section: BIS 105 Environmental Biology

Q: To the nearest billion, what is the UN’s medium projection of population in 2050? Type your answer as just the whole number with no decimals, for example: 99
A: 8.9 / 9.9

Q: Declining death rates due to increased food production and improved medical care while birth rates remain high is characteristic of the ________ stage.
- Stage I
- Stage II
- Stage III
- Stage IV
- Stage V
A: Stage II

Q: The proportion of the world's human population living in developing countries is
- 20 percent and growing.
- 50 percent and declining.
- 80 percent and declining.
- 50 percent and growing.
- 80 percent and growing.
A: 80 percent and growing.

Q: A country with ________ is not expected to grow quickly in the near future.
- many developing regions
- growing industrialization
- high female employment and literacy
- a female to male ratio of 1.2 to 1
- a broad-based pyramid‑shaped age‑structure diagram
A: high female employment and literacy

Q: The world population growth rate is currently close to ________%.
- -2%
- 1.1%
- 2.5%
- 5%
- 10%
A: 1.1%

Q: What does the I in the IPAT formula stand for?
- Influence
- Importance
- Impact
- Investment
- Incidence
A: Impact

Q: Increasing levels of literacy among women is shown to ________.
- raise TFR
- decrease TFR
- decrease the use of contraception
- result in having children at a younger age
- have no affect on TFR or contraception
A: decrease TFR

Q: ________ is the world's most populous nation, home to ________ of the people living on Earth.
- The United States; one-fifth
- India; one-third
- China; half
- The United States; half
- China; one-fifth
A: China; one-fifth

Q: Human population growth most closely resembles what type of growth?
- exponential
- logistic
- S-curve
- sigmoidal
- arithmetic
A: exponential

Q: Replacement fertility ________.
- is a contraceptive technique
- is equal to 2.1 in stable developed nations
- restores population size after a catastrophic event
- is below 2 in Latin America and the Caribbean
- is below 2 in Africa
A: is equal to 2.1 in stable developed nations

Q: During which time period did the world's population more than double?
- 1750—1800
- 1800—1850
- 1850—1900
- 1900—1950
- 1950—2000
A: 1950—2000

Q: If the total fertility of less developed countries were reduced to 2.0 immediately, the population would
- level off immediately.
- continue to grow for a few years and then decline.
- begin to decrease immediately.
- continue to grow indefinitely.
- continue to grow, but gradually stabilize over the next 60 to 70 years.
A: continue to grow, but gradually stabilize over the next 60 to 70 years.

Q: To the nearest billion, what is the world’s current population? Type your answer as just the whole number with no decimals, for example: 99
A: 6.9

Q: Differentiate between the ecological footprint of a developing country and that of the United States. Support or challenge the following statement: "The population problem does not lie entirely with the developing world."

Q: What are the four stages of a demographic transition? State why each stage is important and what the consequence is for population growth. Do all countries go through the demographic transition?