UNH NR 435 Exam 2, NR 435 Exam 2
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What does Hans Rosling believe is "the only way of really getting world population growth to
stop"? - Answer✔improve child survival
In his TED Talk, Hans Rosling explained that ____________________ people were added to the
world population between 1960 and 2010. - Answer✔4 BILLION
Approximately 40 years after The Population Bomb was published, Paul and Anne Ehrlich still
believe that the Earth has a carrying capacity for humans - that Earth's capacity to produce food
and support people is finite. - Answer✔TRUE
According to Ehrlich (in his 1994 address in Cairo, "Too Many Rich People"), three factors must
be considered - multiplied - to adequately assess the impact of human population on the planet.
Select all 3 of the factors from those listed below. - Answer✔damage done by technologies
chosen to supply units of consumption
human population size
per capita resource consumption
Paul & Anne Ehrlich described 2 basic kinds of solutions to the population problem - the
"Birthrate Solution" and the "Death Rate Solution". Which of the following is NOT an example
of what they call a "Death Rate Solution"? - Answer✔FAMILY PLANNING
Before Paul Ehrlich's book The Population Bomb was published, there were other warnings
about overpopulation.
One of the earliest warnings was written by Thomas Malthus in the ____________. -
Answer✔1790S
According to the Module reading, approximately __________ of the oceans are heavily impacted
by ____________________. - Answer✔40%; multiple anthropogenic stressors
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Which of the following are among the basic sources of soundscape? - Answer✔biophony
geophony
anthrophony
One of the absolute best predictors of Fertility (the number of births per female in her lifetime) is
____________________________. - Answer✔DESIRED Family Size
Huge amounts of old-growth coniferous forests have been converted to timber-production
forests. Which of the following characterizes the newer timber-production forests? -
Answer✔simpler structure
reduced species composition
According to Laurance (2010), which of the following forest types is particularly vulnearable to
decline due to climate change? - Answer✔Boreal Forests
{TED Talk} Which of the following are examples of real-world changes in biophony (from
Bernie Krause's talk)? - Answer✔-before and after Navy fighter jet training near Mono Lake in
California
-before and after 'selective logging' in the Sierra Nevada Mountains
Temperate forest ecosystems have suffered even worse destruction than tropical forests. -
Answer✔True
According to Laurance (2010), what is emerging as the biggest direct cause of tropical
deforestation? - Answer✔large-scale agriculture
Which of the following is NOT one of the 5 key components of Foley's (2011) integrated
solution? - Answer✔Correct shift to 100% organic agricultural practices
Which of the following fishing methods is/are among those with high bycatch levels? -
Answer✔Dredging
In Lecture this past week, I introduced the concept of metapopulations. Which of the following
metapopulation models did I mention in class? - Answer✔Source-Sink Metapopulation Model
SLOSS Metapopulation Model
Island-Mainland Metapopulation Model
Classic Metapopulation Model / Levins' Model
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