Exam 12: Population and Environment

Conflict theorists point to two sides on environmental issues. On one side there are those who see environmental preservation as their primary goal. The other side prioritizes

As a result of the greater life expectancy of men, there are three men for every two women over the age of 65 in the United States.

An assessment of the health of the earth showed that humans have already exceeded the safe operating limits for three environmental processes. Which of the following is not among the three?

A relatively stable community of organisms with interlocking relationships and exchanges with one another and their natural habitat is called a(n)

Thomas Malthus argued that population

On a daily basis, each U.S. citizen uses more than five times the amount of energy calculated to be the worldwide average per capita.

Class segregation-the separation between the rich and the poor-has been decreasing steadily since the 1970s.

It takes an average of 2.1 children per woman of childbearing age for a modern population to reach the zero population growth level.

Native Americans are the most segregated minority group in the United States.

The developmentalist strategy for population reduction is based on