Environmental./Science./Test./1./(Chapters./1-4)./EVR1001
Define./a./highly./developed./and./a./moderately./developed./country../-
./correct./answer./✔ ✔
Highly./Developed./Countries:./Countries./with./complex./industrialized./ba
ses,./low./rates./of./population./growth,./and./high./per./person./incomes.
Moderately./Developed./Countries:./Countries./with./medium./levels./of./indus
trialization./and./per./person./incomes./lower./than./those./of./highly./developed./
countries.
What./is./the./definition./of./overpopulation?./-./correct./answer./✔ ✔
A./country./is./overpopulated./if./the./level./of./demand./on./its./resource./base./r
esults./in./damage./to./the./environment.
What./is./People./Overpopulation./-./correct./answer./✔ ✔
A./situation./in./which./there./are./too./many./people./in./a./given./geographic./ar
ea.
What./is./Consumption./Overpopulation./-./correct./answer./✔ ✔
A./situation./in./which./each./individual./in./a./population./consumes./too./larg
e./a./share./of./resources.
, What./are./the./factors./in./determining./the./environmental./impact?./-
./correct./answer./✔ ✔ •./The./number./of./people./(P).
•./The./affluence./per./person,./which./is./a./measure./of./the./consumption,./or./am
ount./of./resources./used./per./person./(A)../
•./The./environmental./effects./(resources./needed./and./wastes./produced)./of./t
he./technologies./used./to./obtain./and./consume./the./resources./(T).
What./is./the./relationship./of./population./growth,./and./natural./resources./in./en
vironmental./degradation?./-./correct./answer./✔ ✔
Rapid./population./growth./(often./found./in./developing./countries)./tends./to
./overwhelm./and./deplete./a./country's./soils,./forests,./and./other./natural./resour
ces../
Second,./in./highly./developed./nations,./individual./demands./on./natural./reso
./
urces./are./far./greater./than./the./requirements./for./mere./survival../To./satisfy./t
heir./desires./as./well./as./their./basic./needs,./many./people./in./more./affluent./nat
ions./
Rapid./population./growth./can./cause./renewable./resources./to./be./over./explo
ited
Define./a./highly./developed./and./a./moderately./developed./country../-
./correct./answer./✔ ✔
Highly./Developed./Countries:./Countries./with./complex./industrialized./ba
ses,./low./rates./of./population./growth,./and./high./per./person./incomes.
Moderately./Developed./Countries:./Countries./with./medium./levels./of./indus
trialization./and./per./person./incomes./lower./than./those./of./highly./developed./
countries.
What./is./the./definition./of./overpopulation?./-./correct./answer./✔ ✔
A./country./is./overpopulated./if./the./level./of./demand./on./its./resource./base./r
esults./in./damage./to./the./environment.
What./is./People./Overpopulation./-./correct./answer./✔ ✔
A./situation./in./which./there./are./too./many./people./in./a./given./geographic./ar
ea.
What./is./Consumption./Overpopulation./-./correct./answer./✔ ✔
A./situation./in./which./each./individual./in./a./population./consumes./too./larg
e./a./share./of./resources.
, What./are./the./factors./in./determining./the./environmental./impact?./-
./correct./answer./✔ ✔ •./The./number./of./people./(P).
•./The./affluence./per./person,./which./is./a./measure./of./the./consumption,./or./am
ount./of./resources./used./per./person./(A)../
•./The./environmental./effects./(resources./needed./and./wastes./produced)./of./t
he./technologies./used./to./obtain./and./consume./the./resources./(T).
What./is./the./relationship./of./population./growth,./and./natural./resources./in./en
vironmental./degradation?./-./correct./answer./✔ ✔
Rapid./population./growth./(often./found./in./developing./countries)./tends./to
./overwhelm./and./deplete./a./country's./soils,./forests,./and./other./natural./resour
ces../
Second,./in./highly./developed./nations,./individual./demands./on./natural./reso
./
urces./are./far./greater./than./the./requirements./for./mere./survival../To./satisfy./t
heir./desires./as./well./as./their./basic./needs,./many./people./in./more./affluent./nat
ions./
Rapid./population./growth./can./cause./renewable./resources./to./be./over./explo
ited
