Human Population

Question 1

As of April 2017, the world population is estimated ot have reached ____

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7.5 Billion

Question 2

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

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population

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study of populations and their interactions with their environment

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population ecology

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Understanding the dynamics of human population requires knowledge of

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the general principles of population ecology

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the environment influences populations in terms of its

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density and distribution, age, structure, size

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

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dispersion

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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

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uniformly pattern

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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

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random pattern

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pattern is common in species that prefer solitary lives

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random pattern

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represents the maximum population size that a particular environment can support

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carrying capacity

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Three major factors that account for the population increase

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1. Humans developed the ability to expand into diverse habitats and different climate zones
2. Emergence of early and modern agriculture
3. Development of sanitation systems, antibiotics, and vaccines

Question 14

Human population growth continues but it is ______

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unevenly distributed

Question 15

Our activities have directly affected, to some degree, about ___ of the earth’s land surface as our ecological footprints have spread across the globe

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83%

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Population size increases because of

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births and immigration

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Population size decreases through

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deaths and emigration

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the actual level of reproduction of a population per individual

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fertility

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also known as birth rate

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fertility rate

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also known as death rate

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mortality rate

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act of someone coming to live permanently in a foreign country

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immigration

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leaving own country to settle permanently to another country

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emigration

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average number of children born to each woman, over the woman’s lifespan

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total fertility rate

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an accelerating pattern of increasing population size

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exponential growth

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According to ________, once the population size exceeds available resources, population growth decreases dramatically.

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Malthus model

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shows how birth rates and death rates change over time as a country becomes more developed

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demographic transition model

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the preindustrial stage; both birth rates and death rates are high

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Stage 1

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Sanitation improvements; food production increases; falling death rates

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Stage 2

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birth rates are higher than death rates

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Stage 3

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birth rates and death rates drop to low

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Stage 4

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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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entire number of people of all ages, living in all countries throughout the world

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global population

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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