chapters 1, 2, 9 and 12
Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 9 Chapter 12 exponential growth, linear growth, natural resources, ecology, natural capital, tragedy of the commons, economic growth, economic development, developed countries, developing countries, precautionary principle, sustainability
hunting-gathering, agriculture, slash-and-burn agriculture, industrial revolution, globalization, frontier worldview, conservationist worldview, planetary management worldview, environmental wisdom worldview intrinsic rate of increase (r),
carrying capacity (k),
exponential growth,
logistic growth,
irruption,
oscillation,
boom and bust cycle
birth rate,
death rate,
immigration rate,
emmigration rate,
total fertility rate,
replacement fertility rate,
age structure,
migration,
environmental refugees,
cultural carrying capacity,
demographic transition
Explain the overuse of common resources as described by the "tragedy of the commons".
Compare developed to developing countries. Give several examples of each type of country.
Distinguish between ecological resources and economic resources.
What is the difference between perpetual, renewable and non-renewable resources? Give an example of each.
Describe the environmental impacts of hunter-gathers, agricultural society, and industrialized society.
What were the benefits and drawbacks of the agricultural revolution?
What four factors affect population change?
Write an equation showing how population change is related to births, deaths, immigration, and emigration.
What is the biotic potential of a population? What are four characteristics of a non-human population with a high intrinsic rate of increase (r)?
What are environmental resistance and carrying capacity? How do biotic potential and environmental resistance determine the carrying capacity? List four factors that can alter an areas carrying capacity for animals.
Distinguish between exponential and logistic models for growth of a population? Why is this important relative to carrying capacity?
What happens if a population overshoots its carrying capacity? What are potential consequences?
Clearly describe the difference between population growth rate and population size.
Describe how different age structures can lead to different population growth rates even with the same population size.
Describe the difference between optimal sustainable yield, maximum sustainable yield, carrying capacity and cultural carrying capacity.
Describe the stages in the demographic transition (Figure 12-25). What are the four stages? What factors might keep many developing countries from completing this demographic transition?
What are the cultural changes that can lead to decreases in the birth rate?
List five reasons why the world's death rate has dropped over the last 100 years.