Carrying Capacity is defined as

Which of the following is incorrect about National Monuments?

Pacific island people located and settled Easter Island at about 1000 CE.  They then lived in isolation for about 800 years on this island.  During this time they overused and exhausted many of the natural resources on the island such as the forest and bird life.  This left no wood for building boats for offshore fishing and/or leaving the island.  This resulted in overpopulation of the island considering the available resources then available.

Global population growth rates are generally: Highest in the wealthiest countries Lowest in countries that cannot support more growth. Highest in the poorest, less developed countries. Not a cause for concern anywhere in the world.

Is the following the correct sequence (order of occurrence) of events on earth?  (Dates are approximates.) 1) Formation of the earth and our solar system – (C4 ½ billion years ago)             2) First fossil evidence of life in the oceans – (C4 billion years ago)             3) First fossil evidence of sexual reproduction – (C1 billion years ago)             4) First fossil evidence of life on land – (C500 million years ago)             5) First fossil evidence of pre-human species – (C3 to 5 million years ago)             6) Earliest human (Homo sapiens) fossils in Africa – (C200,000 years ago)             7) First human fossils in North America – (C15,000 to 30,000 years ago) True (yes) or False (no)  

El Nino events cause a natural cycle of higher global temperatures.  This has added significantly to the increase in average overall global temperature the past five decades.

What is the approximately current population growth rate of the world?

As discussed in the lecture, cruisers are loyal to cruising. They do NOT usually return as ‘stayover’ vacationers. What are negative impacts of this to the locals?

Name the relatively young mountain range stretching from northwestern Venezuela and ending at Tierra del Fuego.

Population density is quite high throughout the region; _____ of the population is located in the Greater Antilles.