Module 1 Quiz

TOTAL POINTS 14

1.Question 1
[Q#1023]

A population that follows a J-curve pattern:

Starts high and increases quickly

Starts low and decreases quickly

Starts low and increases quickly

Starts high and decreases quickly

1 point

2.Question 2
[Q#1024]

According to Malthus, populations can increase forever. True or false?

False

True

1 point

3.Question 3
[Q#1002]

What does the T in the IPAT formula stand for?

Technology
Total net investment

Total societal wealth

Tragedy

Time

1 point

4.Question 4
[Q#1003]

Refer to the Malthus diagram below:

The point at which the green and blue lines intersect is known as the:

S-curve
Point of crisis

J-curve

Point of collapse

Starvation point

1 point

5.Question 5
[Q#1006]

Refer to the growth curve diagram below:

What is the purple line supposed to represent?

Point-of-crisis

S-curve

Carrying capacity

Growth curve
J-curve

1 point

6.Question 6
[Q#1008]

What occurs at a Malthusian "point of crisis”?

Extinction – the population dies out

Drop in efficiency – each individual in the population becomes less efficient

Loss of total wealth – the population does not produce as much as before

Explosion in population – growth rates become exponential

Starvation – there is not enough food for the entire population

1 point

7.Question 7
[Q#1012]

What occurs in a “Malthusian catastrophe”?

Not enough food is produced.

The rate of economic growth is lower than the rate of population growth.

An extinction event, or events, occurs.

Society becomes too unequal.

The ecological support system collapses.

1 point

8.Question 8
[Q#1013]

S-curves show the highest rate of growth:

At the end

At the point when the carrying capacity is reached

At some point after the carrying capacity is reached

At some time between the start and the end

At the start

1 point

9.Question 9
[Q#1014]

If someone were to say:

"The Earth’s carrying capacity is limited by the availability of fresh water, and the sustainable limit of
water use is 3 billion people, so therefore there will be a big population crash in the near future as
Earth’s agricultural systems are not sustainable."

We might say that this is an example of:

An S-curve argument
A neo-Malthusian argument

Hogarthian thinking

A point-of-comparison analysis

IPAT analysis

1 point

10.Question 10
[Q#1015]

According to the SI = P x C/P x I/C formula, if population doubled, does this mean that the
sustainability impact is also at least doubled?

No – increases in population reduce the environmental impact

Not if population growth is independent of individual consumption

No – increases in population are unrelated to impact

No – increases in population increase the rate of consumption

Not if population growth decreases consumption

1 point

11.Question 11
[Q#1016]

Refer to the growth curve diagram below:

After a long amount of time has elapsed, populations following the purple curve:

Have birth rates equivalent to death rates

Will have experienced at least one abrupt increase in death rates

None of the other choices are correct.

Have death rates higher than birth rates

Have birth rates higher than death rates

1 point

12.Question 12
[Q#1017]

Refer to the growth curve diagram below:

After a long amount of time has elapsed, populations following the red curve:

None of the other choices are correct.

Will experience at least one abrupt increase in death rates

Have death rates higher than birth rates

Have birth rates equivalent to death rates

Have birth rates higher than death rates

1 point

13.Question 13
[Q#1019]

This diagram illustrates the important ideas behind the Malthusian model of population. The blue
curve represents the total population, and the green line represents the amount of food available.

If the Malthusian theory is accurate, why do the curves in the figure not follow the paths shown?
The exponential path cannot continue indefinitely.

After the point of intersection, the curved line should not exceed the straight line.

The curved path will actually become straight.

The point of crisis changes the relationship between the curved and straight lines.

All of the other choices are correct.

1 point

14.Question 14
[Q#1021]

Human over-population can be described as occurring whenever the population exceeds the local
carrying capacity. Over the 20th and 21st centuries, it has become unclear how fixed carrying
capacities of local human populations are, or even what that capacity might be, as changes in
technology have driven record increases in global population. Imagine if the carrying capacity is
exponentially related to human population. Which of the following observations would most closely
be associated with this relationship?

The increase in consumption over the 20th century in industrializes countries

Decreases in environmental impacts over the 20th and 21st centuries

The lack of a relationship between total population and poverty

A change in the number of wars over resources fought in the second half of the 20th century
compared to the first half

Increases in environmental impacts over the 20th and 21st centuries

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