BIO-220 Exam 2 2023/2024 with 100% correct answers

Factors that limit population size (disease, war, famine, etc.) - correct answer Population growth is checked by famine, disease, and cultural factors (e.g., late marriage). Regulate population through cultural taboos, abstinence and infanticide Carrying capacity - correct answer - the number of organisms of a given species that can be sustained indefinitely in a given area. - Physical carrying capacity = "packing density, limited only by space and resources" - Cultural carrying capacity is always less Malthus vs. Marx - correct answer 1. Malthus a) Human population growth causes environmental degradation b) Thomas Malthus (1798) wrote An Essay on the Principle of Population in which he showed that human populations increase exponentially. 2. Karl Marx a) Human population growth results from poverty and resource depletion Demography - correct answer Two demographic worlds 1. First is young and rapidly growing a) Less