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ES Unit 5 Human Population Dynamics Review Game By Mrs. Shaw

How to play “Bluff” The class will be divided into 2 teams facing each other. One member from each team will flip a coin to see who goes first. I will then read a question to one of the teams. If you know the answer stand up. You MAY NOT say anything out loud or your team will forfeit the question to the opposite team to answer. The opposing team chooses who will answer the question. If that person gets it right, the team will earn one point for each team member that is standing. If that person gets it wrong, the team will lose a point for each team member that is standing.

Question #1 What 3 factors from the industrial revolution helped encourage population growth?

Question #1 ANSWER What 3 factors from the industrial revolution helped encourage population growth? Increase in food production, reduced length of work day and safer work environment.

Question # 2 What are 3 ways that populations decline in a specific area?

Question # 2 ANSWER What are 3 ways that populations decline in a specific area? Decrease in birth rate Increase in death rate emmigration

Question # 3 How do you calculate the growth rate?

Question # 3 ANSWER How do you calculate the growth rate? Birth rate – death rate = growth rate

Question # 4 Other than birth rate and death rate, what else needs to be considered when looking at the growth rate of a specific area?

Question # 4 ANSWER Other than birth rate and death rate, what else needs to be considered when looking at the growth rate of a specific area? Emmigration and Immigration

Question # 5 What is the germ theory?

Question # 5 ANSWER What is the germ theory? It is the evidence based idea that most diseases are caused by germs, or tiny microorganisms.

Question # 6 What were two effects of the germ theory on medical practices?

Question # 6 ANSWER What was two effects of the germ theory on medical practices? Sterile surgical procedures, improved hygiene, better methods of waste disposal and water treatment.

Question # 7 Why do under developed countries have higher growth rates and shorter lifespans?

Question # 7 ANSWER Why do under developed countries have higher growth rates and shorter lifespans? They have less money and therefore less access to birth control, contraceptive education and medical care.

Question # 8 What is the agricultural revolution?

Question # 8 ANSWER What is the agricultural revolution? The shift from harvesting wild food sources to producing food through techniques of farming and herding.

Question # 9 What is zero growth rate?

Question # 9 ANSWER What is zero growth rate? When the birth rate = the death rate and the population is stable.

Question # 10 As the population size doubles, the time it takes to double again ___________________.

Question # 10 ANSWER As the population size doubles, the time it takes to double again DECREASES.

Question #11 Define demography

Question #11 ANSWER Define demography The science of changing vital statistics in a human population.

Question #12 Name 2 things that Malthus believed would happen if a population outgrew it’s resources.

Question #12 ANSWER Name 2 things that Malthus believed would happen if a population outgrew it’s resources. He believed there would be famine, war, and much human suffering

Question #13 List 3 negative effects of overpopulation

Question #13 ANSWER List 3 negative effects of overpopulation Increased disease transmission Lack of food resources Lack of space Increase in pollution and greenhouse gases Lack of good medical care

Question #14 Look at the population pyramids and tell me 2 quantitative observations you can make using the terms birth rate, growth rate, or lifespan.

Question #14 ANSWER Kenya has a higher birth rate than the US or Germany. Kenya has a shorter life expectancy than the US or Germany. Women live longer in the US than Men do.

Question #15 What are 2 benefits and 2 limitations of hydroponic farming?

Question #15 What are 2 benefits and 2 limitations of hydroponic farming? Benefits: use less water, less land (soil), less fertilizer Limitations: more expensive to set up and more time consuming to manage

FINAL QUESTION How many points will you wager.....

FINAL QUESTION What is sustainable agriculture?

Final Question Answer Sustainable agriculture is the production of food, fiber, or other plant or animal products using farming techniques that protect the environment, public health, human communities, and animal welfare

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