Population and the Environment MCQs

Correct answer A. Urban ecology

Correct answer B. New urban sociologist

Correct answer D. Is the number of live births per 1000 members of a population in a given year

Correct answer D. Net migration rate

Correct answer C. A population pyramid portrays the sex and age composition of a population

Correct answer C. An excess of the working-class population depends on the availability of employment opportunities not on fixed supply of food

Correct answer C. If contraceptives are made available and if information about the value and need for birth planning is disseminated people will reduce their fertility

Correct answer A. The sex and race of individuals present

Correct answer B. Global cities are major urban centres of commerce on which corporations rely

Correct answer D. Segregation is the process by which natural areas are formed by the clustering of individuals or groups on the basis of common traits or activities

Correct answer D. The functionalist perspective

Correct answer B. Predicting likely weather patterns in the future

Correct answer B. They involve transplanting genes from one organism to another

Correct answer D. Development which meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs

Correct answer C. Growth that minimises resource depletion and pollution

Correct answer C. Social constructionism reminds us that all environmental issues have an important social aspect and context

Correct answer C. The use of nuclear energy

Correct answer B. Risks which result from human interaction with the natural world

Correct answer B. Multinational corporations based in industrialized countries have reaped significant profits by "dumping" unapproved drugs on unsuspecting Third World countries

Correct answer D. Labelling theory