ESE 200 - Final Exam UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
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ESE 200
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ESE 200
ESE 200 - Final Exam UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Which systems are included in the usual three-part model of a sustainable earth? - CORRECT
ANSWER- Its environment
Its societies
Its economies
Sustainable systems - CORRECT ANSWER- Allow future systems to flourish
Can be n...
ESE 200 - Final Exam UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Which systems are included in the usual three-part model of a sustainable earth? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Its environment
Its societies
Its economies
Sustainable systems - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Allow future systems to flourish
Can be natural
Can be human
What is meant by sustainable development - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Meets the needs of
the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
In the IPAT equation the environmental impact (I) of human activity is modeled to increase
when the following increases: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Technology
Affluence
Population
When is IPAT analysis most likely to fail - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔When thinking about
the future
Cells in a petri dish grow fastest when (s-shaped growth pattern) - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Far from carrying capacity
What happens to a system where population exceeds the carrying capacity - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔The population drops below carrying capacity
What occurs at a Malthusian "point of crisis"? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Starvation: there
is not enough food to sustain the entire population
,What most accurately describes a Neo-Malthusian attitude - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Believing that population growth is unsustainable today
If there are as many 40 year old's in a population as 1 year old's, what does this mean? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Birth rates have been stable for decades
The united states has what kind of demographic structure? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔transitional
If the population of a country is increases, we would expect to see a population pyramid with
a... - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔triangular shape
Why is there a population increase in stage two of the demographic transition? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔death rates are lower
What have demographer observed in the last 50 years? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Increased wealth is associated with decreasing birth rates
What is the approximate world population today? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔7.5 billion
Most of the population growth in the 20th century has primarily occurred in.. - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔less developed countries
Does the demographic transition model take into account global catastrophes? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔no
What explains why japans population is declining? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The mature
age structure requires that fertility is below replacement levels
If the demographic transition model is accurate where would japan be? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Stage 4
, The demographic transition model predicts that... - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Reductions in
birth rates lag reduction in death rates
How much will the world population increase over the next 40 years (according to the UN's
medium projection? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔about 2 billion
According to the UN where will the most population growth occur in the 21st century? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔africa
Why won't population growth alone necessarily lead to large global environmental impacts? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Most population growth is occurring in regions with low per-
capita consumption
If the population of a country is decreasing, we could expect to see a pop. Pyramid with... -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A wedge, or cup shape
The largest increase in the global population occurred in which time period? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔The 20th century
If the population of a country is stable, we would expect to see a population pyramid with a ...
- CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Square shape
What is the demographic transition? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The move from high birth
and death rates to low birth and death rates
The average life-expectancy is currently... - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Getting longer in
most places
Haiti has been largely deforested as a result of "the Tragedy of the Commons", despite
government laws to prevent over-extraction of timber resources. Why might this be? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The Haitian government is too weak or corrupt to enforce
property and conservation laws
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