5.1 Test on 1/29(A) & 1/30(B)
- How will the growth of human population affect the following: pollution, biodiversity, food demand, land demand
- Describe the growth of world population. Draw a graph
- Describe the age pyramid of a country undergoing the following: rapid growth, ZPG, negative growth
- What is carrying capacity? What happens when we surpass it? Sketch a graph showing a population reaching carrying capacity.
- What is a limiting factor? How is it related to carrying capacity?
- What are the two main contributors to the increase in human population over the last century?
- What can we do to slow population growth?
- What is our current world population?
- Describe the birth rate and death rate in a developing country.
- Look at the graphs in the Population Ecology worksheet we did in class.
- Describe the predator/prey relationship between the fox and the cottontail. Which controls the population of the other? How do you know? Which one has bigger numbers? Why?
- What is the limiting factor for the 1st population of bacteria X?
- What is the limiting factor for the 2nd population of bacteria X?