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What event triggered the explosive growth of the world's human population at point "A"?
A)advent of multiple birth pregnancy in a high proportion of the population
B)significant medical advances through science and technology
C)the industrial revolution in the 1700s
D)the discovery of penicillin
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What event triggered the second phase of explosive growth of the world's human population at point "B"?
A)advent of multiple birth pregnancy in a high proportion of the population
B)significant medical advances through science and technology
C)the industrial revolution in the 1700s
D)the discovery of penicillin

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Why does Kenya's population pyramid have a much broader base than does the population pyramid for the United States?
A)Kenya has a higher per capita birth rate.
B)Kenya has more individuals below child bearing age.
C)The United States is comprised proportionately of older individuals.
D)All of these are correct.
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The pyramid for the United States is nearly straight up and down except for a bulge in the middle. What is this bulge due to?
A)high disease rate in individuals younger than this region of the pyramid
B)influx of immigrants
C)post-World War II baby boom
D)high death rate due to cancer and heart disease in older individuals makes the pyramid appear to have a bulge

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5

What appears to be the factor that limits the population size of the prey (snowshoe hare)?
A)food availabilty
B)number of predators
C)disease
D)living space
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What appears to be the factor that limits the population size of the predator (lynx)?
A)food availability
B)disease
C)living space
D)snow cycles







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