Ch.2 ENVA

Question 1

Cornucopians

Answer 1

Population theorists that see population as resource rather than problem

Question 2

Carrying Capacity

Answer 2

The population of organisms that can be sustained in an area over time

Question 3

Neo-Malthusians

Answer 3

Modern economists and population biologists who accept that population growth will outpace limited natural resources

Question 4

Neo-M Theory

Answer 4

Population = single greatest driver of environmental degradation

Question 5

I=PAT

Answer 5

• I = impact on the environment
• P = population
• A = affluence
• T = technology

Question 6

Affluence

Answer 6

Having a lot of money

Question 7

Ecological Footprint

Answer 7

The theoretical spatial extent of the earths surface required to sustain an individual, group, system, or organization

Question 8

Green Revolution

Answer 8

Agricultural technology, first developed 1950s-1980s

Question 9

Zero Population Growth

Answer 9

number of births = number of deaths

Question 10

Fertility Rate

Answer 10

The average number of children born to an average woman during her reproductive lifetime

Question 11

Birth Rate

Answer 11

The number of births per thousand of population per year

Question 12

Death Rate

Answer 12

The number of deaths per thousand of population per year

Question 13

Exponential Growth

Answer 13

growth whose rate becomes ever more rapid in proportion to the growing total number or size