Thomas Malthus - Correct Answer wroteAn Essay on the Principle of Populationin which he showed that human populations increase exponentially.
Karl Marx - Correct Answer view, that population growth resulted from poverty, resource depletion, pollution, and other social ills
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Thomas Malthus - Correct Answer wroteAn Essay on the Principle of Populationin
which he showed that human populations increase exponentially.
Karl Marx - Correct Answer view, that population growth resulted from poverty,
resource depletion, pollution, and other social ills
Demography - Correct Answer encompasses vital statistics about people such as
births, deaths, distribution, and population size
Organisms considered in imminent danger of extinction are called? - Correct Answer
endangered
The number of children born to an average woman in a population during her life? -
Correct Answer Total Fertility Rate
These are chemicals used to kill biological pests? - Correct Answer pesticides
Crude Birth Rate - Correct Answer Number of births in a year per thousand. (Not
adjusted for population characteristics such as number of women of childbearing age.)
Total Fertility Rate - Correct Answer number of children born to an average woman in
a population during her life
Zero Population Growth - Correct Answer Occurs when births plus immigration in a
population equal deaths plus emigration. ZPG Is a rate of 2.1 children per couple, not
2.0, because some people do not have children and some children do not survive to
reproductive age.
Crude Death Rate - Correct Answer The number of deaths per year per 1,000 people.
Natural Increase - Correct Answer crude birth rate minus crude death rate
Total growth rate - Correct Answer includes immigration, emigration, births and deaths.
the primary cause of most population growth in last 300 years. - Correct Answer
Declining mortality
Family Planning - Correct Answer allows couples to determine the number and
spacing of their children
, Health - Correct Answer a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being
(not just the absence of disease or infirmity)
Disease - Correct Answer an abnormal change in the body's condition that impairs
physical or psychological function
Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) - Correct Answer combine premature deaths and
loss of healthy life resulting from illness or disability
Pathogens - Correct Answer disease-causing organisms. They include:-Viruses-
Bacteria-Protozoans-Parasitic worms including flukes
Antibiotics - Correct Answer chemicals that kill or inhibit the growth of bacteria
Toxicology - Correct Answer the study of poisons and their effects on living systems.
Dangerous chemicals are divided into two broad categories: - Correct Answer Toxic
and Other Hazards
Toxic chemicals - Correct Answer known poisons that damage or kill cells/tissues
Other Hazards (chemicals) - Correct Answer dangerous but not toxic
Ecotoxicology - Correct Answer deals with the interactions, transformation, fate, and
effects of natural and synthetic chemicals in the biosphere.
Allergens - Correct Answer substances that activate the immune system
Antigens - Correct Answer substances that are recognized as foreign by white blood
cells and stimulate the production of specific antibodies
Antibodies - Correct Answer proteins produced by our bodies that recognize and bind
to foreign cells or chemicals
Immune System Depressants - Correct Answer pollutants that depress the immune
system instead of activating it.
Endocrine Disrupters - Correct Answer disrupt normal hormone functions
Neurotoxins - Correct Answer metabolic poisons that specifically attack nerve cells;
most are extremely toxic and fast acting.
Different types of Neurotoxins - Correct Answer Heavy Metals, Anesthetics and
Chlorinated Hydrocarbons, and Organophosphates and Carbamates
Heavy Metals - Correct Answer kill nerve cells.
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