SLCC ENSC 1000 Exam 2 UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Thomas Malthus - CORRECT ANSWER - wroteAn Essay on the Principle of Populationin
which he showed that human populations increase exponentially.
Karl Marx - CORRECT ANSWER - view, that population growth resulted from poverty,
resource depletion, pollution, and other social ills
Malthus vs. Marx - CORRECT ANSWER - Malthus - poverty causes overpopulation
Marx - overpopulation causes poverty
Demography - CORRECT ANSWER - encompasses vital statistics about people such as
births, deaths, distribution, and population size
Organisms considered in imminent danger of extinction are called? - CORRECT ANSWER -
endangered
The number of children born to an average woman in a population during her life? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Total Fertility Rate
These are chemicals used to kill biological pests? - CORRECT ANSWER - pesticides
Crude Birth Rate - CORRECT ANSWER - Number of births in a year per thousand. (Not
adjusted for population characteristics such as number of women of childbearing age.)
Total Fertility Rate - CORRECT ANSWER - number of children born to an average woman in
a population during her life
, Zero Population Growth - CORRECT ANSWER - Occurs when births plus immigration in a
population equal deaths plus emigration. ZPG Is a rate of 2.1 children per couple, not 2.0,
because some people do not have children and some children do not survive to reproductive age.
Crude Death Rate - CORRECT ANSWER - The number of deaths per year per 1,000 people.
Natural Increase - CORRECT ANSWER - crude birth rate minus crude death rate
Total growth rate - CORRECT ANSWER - includes immigration, emigration, births and
deaths.
the primary cause of most population growth in last 300 years. - CORRECT ANSWER -
Declining mortality
Family Planning - CORRECT ANSWER - allows couples to determine the number and
spacing of their children
Health - CORRECT ANSWER - a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being
(not just the absence of disease or infirmity)
Disease - CORRECT ANSWER - an abnormal change in the body's condition that impairs
physical or psychological function
Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) - CORRECT ANSWER - combine premature deaths
and loss of healthy life resulting from illness or disability
Pathogens - CORRECT ANSWER - disease-causing organisms. They include:-Viruses-
Bacteria-Protozoans-Parasitic worms including flukes
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Thomas Malthus - CORRECT ANSWER - wroteAn Essay on the Principle of Populationin
which he showed that human populations increase exponentially.
Karl Marx - CORRECT ANSWER - view, that population growth resulted from poverty,
resource depletion, pollution, and other social ills
Malthus vs. Marx - CORRECT ANSWER - Malthus - poverty causes overpopulation
Marx - overpopulation causes poverty
Demography - CORRECT ANSWER - encompasses vital statistics about people such as
births, deaths, distribution, and population size
Organisms considered in imminent danger of extinction are called? - CORRECT ANSWER -
endangered
The number of children born to an average woman in a population during her life? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Total Fertility Rate
These are chemicals used to kill biological pests? - CORRECT ANSWER - pesticides
Crude Birth Rate - CORRECT ANSWER - Number of births in a year per thousand. (Not
adjusted for population characteristics such as number of women of childbearing age.)
Total Fertility Rate - CORRECT ANSWER - number of children born to an average woman in
a population during her life
, Zero Population Growth - CORRECT ANSWER - Occurs when births plus immigration in a
population equal deaths plus emigration. ZPG Is a rate of 2.1 children per couple, not 2.0,
because some people do not have children and some children do not survive to reproductive age.
Crude Death Rate - CORRECT ANSWER - The number of deaths per year per 1,000 people.
Natural Increase - CORRECT ANSWER - crude birth rate minus crude death rate
Total growth rate - CORRECT ANSWER - includes immigration, emigration, births and
deaths.
the primary cause of most population growth in last 300 years. - CORRECT ANSWER -
Declining mortality
Family Planning - CORRECT ANSWER - allows couples to determine the number and
spacing of their children
Health - CORRECT ANSWER - a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being
(not just the absence of disease or infirmity)
Disease - CORRECT ANSWER - an abnormal change in the body's condition that impairs
physical or psychological function
Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) - CORRECT ANSWER - combine premature deaths
and loss of healthy life resulting from illness or disability
Pathogens - CORRECT ANSWER - disease-causing organisms. They include:-Viruses-
Bacteria-Protozoans-Parasitic worms including flukes
