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What contributed to the decrease in death rate, leading to exponential growth of the human population?
What contributed to the decrease in death rate, leading to exponential growth of the human population?
- Improvement in medical technology
- Rise in global temperatures
- Increase in food availability
- Improved sanitation and living conditions (correct)
What is the primary reason for the slowing down of population growth in countries like the United States, Japan, and much of Europe?
What is the primary reason for the slowing down of population growth in countries like the United States, Japan, and much of Europe?
- Environmental factors such as pollution
- Low immigration rates
- High emigration rates
- Low birth rates and high death rates (correct)
What is a necessary condition for exponential growth of the human population?
What is a necessary condition for exponential growth of the human population?
- Birth rate exceeds death rate (correct)
- Birth rate equals death rate
- Emigration rate exceeds immigration rate
- Death rate exceeds birth rate
What is the main concern regarding the exponential growth of the human population?
What is the main concern regarding the exponential growth of the human population?
What is the study of human populations referred to as?
What is the study of human populations referred to as?
What happens to the growth rate as the population reaches the carrying capacity?
What happens to the growth rate as the population reaches the carrying capacity?
What is an assumption made by both the exponential and logistic models?
What is an assumption made by both the exponential and logistic models?
What is an example of a limiting factor?
What is an example of a limiting factor?
What is a density-dependent limiting factor?
What is a density-dependent limiting factor?
Why are the exponential and logistic models not accurate representations of real populations?
Why are the exponential and logistic models not accurate representations of real populations?
What is the condition necessary for a population to grow exponentially?
What is the condition necessary for a population to grow exponentially?
What happens to the population growth rate as resources become scarce?
What happens to the population growth rate as resources become scarce?
What shape is the graph of exponential growth?
What shape is the graph of exponential growth?
What is a limiting factor in population growth?
What is a limiting factor in population growth?
What happens to the competition between members of a population as it grows exponentially?
What happens to the competition between members of a population as it grows exponentially?
What happens when the population size is small?
What happens when the population size is small?
What is the carrying capacity of the environment?
What is the carrying capacity of the environment?
What happens when the population exceeds the carrying capacity of the environment?
What happens when the population exceeds the carrying capacity of the environment?
What is the shape of a logistic growth graph?
What is the shape of a logistic growth graph?
What happens when the population is at the carrying capacity?
What happens when the population is at the carrying capacity?
