10 Population and the environment

Question 1 of 16

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Key Terms:

population distribution: the ( pattern, location, address ) of where people ( live, are housed )

population ( density, of children ): the ( number, type, age ) of ( people, children ) living in an area, usually given as the ( number, age, type ) of ( people, children ) per km^2

fertility rate: sometimes called total fertility rate (TFR), this is the ( average, mean, mode, median ) number of children that are born to a ( woman, man ) during ( her, his ) lifetime

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Question 2 of 16

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what is the most common way that population is distributed

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People are evenly spread about
People are found in clusters around towns and cities

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Question 3 of 16

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what are some examples of human population measures?

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Birth Rate
fertility rate
death rate
infant mortality
life expectancy
break even rate
centimeters
meters

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Question 4 of 16

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what key elements within the physical environment determine the characteristics and rates of change within a population

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Climate
Soils
Topography
Resource distributions
built environment
type of trees in the area
type of plants in the area

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Key term:

exponential growth: when the rate of increase becomes ( ever more rapid, slower than historical records ) in proportion to the size of the population

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Question 6 of 16

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What were the most populous countries in 2015?

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China
India
USA
Indonesia
Brazil
Russia

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Question 7 of 16

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what country saw their population growth rate fall between 2011-15 annually?

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Germany
Japan
UK
Brazil

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Question 8 of 16

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what leads to the exploration, exploitation and development of new resources?

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depletion of energy resources
curiosity of populations
low population in a place

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Question 9 of 16

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Key term:

food security: when people ( have, do not have ) enough affordable and ( nutritious, flavoursome ) food to eat

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Question 10 of 16

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how much of the usable land on the planet is used to grow food?

( around 1/2, 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, all of it, around 1/4 )

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Question 11 of 16

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what food production trends have arisen?

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much of our global food supply originates in Asia. Asian countries produce the most of our cereal crops, wheat, rice, sugar, meat, milk and fish
South America grows the most oil crops
North America grows the most coarse grain (used for animal feed and brewing)
Europeans grow the most barley and are the second biggest producers of pork, milk and fish
South America grows the most coarse grain (used for animal feed and brewing)
North America grows the most oil crops

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Question 12 of 16

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The ( countries, cities, towns, villages, continents, counties ) that produce the most food are not always the countries that ( consume, waste ) the most food. Trade between different ( nations, cities, towns ) enables the food produced in one country to be transported elsewhere.

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Question 13 of 16

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Food consumption is measured through calorie ( intake, output ); an average person needs to consume between ( 2000, 1500, 200, 2200 ) and ( 2500, 2000, 2200, 2150 ) calories a day in order to maintain their ( weight, fat stores ) and remain healthy. Average calorie intake for every part of the world has ( increased, decreased ) since the 1990s and is expected to continue to ( rise, fall ) by 2030.

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Question 14 of 16

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what countries are expected to see the highest increase in calorie intake between 2015 and 2030?

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1. South Asia (+200)
2. Sub-Saharan Africa (+180)
3. Latin America and the Caribbean (+160)
1. Sub-Saharan Africa (+200)
2. South Asia (+180)
2. Latin America and the Caribbean (+180)

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Question 15 of 16

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Key terms:

( malnutrition, under-nutrition, depth of the food deficit ): consuming an unsuitable amount of energy, protein and nutrients
( under-nutrition, malnutrition, depth of the food deficit ): consuming too ( little, much ) food, leading to ( loss, an increase ) of body weight
( depth of the food deficit, malnutrition, under-nutrition ): a measure of the difference between ( average, maximum ) food consumption and ( average, minimum ) food requirements

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Question 16 of 16

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People in ( industrialised, unindustrialised ) countries consume ( more, less ) calories than they need. The world health organisation (WHO) has identified a '( double, triple ) burden of malnutrition' whereby HIC's and LIC's are both facing malnutrition. People in HICs are eating food that is ( high, low ) in calories but ( low, high ) in nutrients.

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10 Population and the environment topic revision quiz

10 Population and the environment

10 Population and the environment

Question 1 of 16

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Question 2 of 16

what is the most common way that population is distributed

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Explanation

Question 3 of 16

what are some examples of human population measures?

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Explanation

Question 4 of 16

what key elements within the physical environment determine the characteristics and rates of change within a population

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Question 5 of 16

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Key term: exponential growth: when the rate of increase becomes ever more rapid slower than historical records( ever more rapid, slower than historical records ) in proportion to the size of the population

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Question 6 of 16

What were the most populous countries in 2015?

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Question 7 of 16

what country saw their population growth rate fall between 2011-15 annually?

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Question 8 of 16

what leads to the exploration, exploitation and development of new resources?

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Question 9 of 16

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Key term: food security: when people have do not have( have, do not have ) enough affordable and nutritious flavoursome( nutritious, flavoursome ) food to eat

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Question 10 of 16

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how much of the usable land on the planet is used to grow food? around 1/2 1/4 1/2 3/4 all of it around 1/4( around 1/2, 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, all of it, around 1/4 )

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Question 11 of 16

what food production trends have arisen?

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Question 13 of 16

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Question 14 of 16

what countries are expected to see the highest increase in calorie intake between 2015 and 2030?

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Question 16 of 16

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Key term:

exponential growth: when the rate of increase becomes ( ever more rapid, slower than historical records ) in proportion to the size of the population

Key term:

food security: when people ( have, do not have ) enough affordable and ( nutritious, flavoursome ) food to eat

how much of the usable land on the planet is used to grow food?

( around 1/2, 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, all of it, around 1/4 )