Polangui Community College

Polangui, Albay

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Multiple Choices: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answer on the
space provided. Write CAPITAL LETTERS only.

_________1. Currently, the fastest-growing populations are in:

A. The world's most developed countries
B. The world's least developed countries
C. Countries with older populations
D. Countries with more urban areas
_________2. Between 1800 and 1930, human population doubled due to all of the
following EXCEPT:
A. The industrial revolution B. Improvements in medicines &
hygiene
C. Lower death rates D. Movement away from cities
_________3. Which factor contributed MOST to exponential human population growth?
A. Increased immigration
B. Higher birth rates
C. Increased availability of food due to industry
D. Higher fertility rates
________4. A population with natality equal to mortality is ____________.
A. Increasing B. Decreasing C. Stable D. Growing
________5. Which of the following process is responsible for fluctuation in population
density?
A. Mimicry B. Natality C. Hibernation D. Age structure
________6. Which letter is used to designate the birth rate (Natality)?
A. B B. E C. I D. K
_______7. Which of the following is responsible for a decrease in population density?
A. Birth rate increase B. Immigration is more
C. Emigration is more D. Age structure
_______8. Identify which of the following is NOT studied by demography:
A. The number of children born in Laguna in a period of time.
B. The number of people that live in Albay.
C. The number of retired people in comparison to young people in
Legazpi.
D. The number of people who voted for a democratic candidate in Manila.
_______9. Agriculture led to an increase in the size of the human population. Which of
the following was the most important impact of agriculture on the human population
size?
A. It stabilized and increased available food supplies.
B. It made people better able to resist disease.
C. It reduced accidental deaths from hunting.
D. It decreased the negative impacts of storms.
_______10. Which of the following methods might be used to decrease the rate of
approach to carrying capacity by the developed world?
A. increase birthrate C. decrease death rate
B. decrease birthrate D. decrease emigration

_______11. Which of the following is NOT an importance of soil resources?

 A. It provides ecosystem services critical form life.
B. Soil acts as buffer between inputs and environment.
C. It is used in construction, engineering and chemical industries.
D. It sequesters carbon from the atmosphere.
_______12. All of the following are considered as metallic mineral resources EXCPET:
A. Iron B. Copper C. Aluminum D. Clay
_______13. Which among the soil conservation methods protect steep slopes?
A. Alley cropping C. Crop Rotation
B. Use of organic fertilizer D. Terracing
_______14. Salt, gravel, and granite are examples of _____________.
A. metallic minerals C. metallic elements
B. nonmetallic minerals D. aluminum
_______15. What do you call the process of taking out minerals from rocks buried
under the surface of the earth?
A. mining B. pumping C. extracting D. none of these
_______16. Why has quarrying become a major environmental concern?
A. because minerals are pollutants
B. due to dust raised from the quarrying activities
C. because it is done by displacing people
D. none of these
_______17. What is energy obtained from the earth?
A. nuclear energy B. biogas C. geothermal d. thermal
_______18. Humus is produced in soil due to __________.
A. the decay of animal and plant matter
B. weathering
C. excess irrigation
D. the use of fertilizers
_______19. Which of the following is not a constituent of soil?
A. organic matter B. mineral C. mineral acid D. humus
_______20. Which type of soil can hold the greatest amount of water?
A. sand B. silt C. clay D. loam

II. Identification: Identify what is being described below. Write your answer on the
space provided.

___________________21. A pattern of population change where the population remains

static over the years.
____________________22. There are 240 people living in a 20 square mile land.
Calculate its population density.
____________________23. Pattern of growth in which, in a new environment, the
population density of an organism increases slowly initially, in a positive acceleration
phase; then increases rapidly, approaching an exponential growth rate.
____________________24. The rate of reproduction or birth per unit time.
____________________25. It provides educational and clinical services that help couples
choose how many children to have and when to have them.
____________________26. The study of populations and how they change over time.
____________________27. It involves the use of drill holes or tunnels to extract mineral
resources that are too deep to be accessible by surface mining.
____________________28. The process by which earth materials are transported from
one location & deposited in other locations.
____________________29. The physical and chemical processes in which solid rock
exposed at the earth’s surface is changed to separate solid particles & dissolved
materials.
____________________30. A property of soil which include soil texture, structure, color
and density, which are important factors for plant growth and water holding capacity.

III. TRUE OR FALSE: Write T if the statement is TRUE and F if the statement is
FALSE.

________31. The development of modern technology in the health sector and the
discovery of new vaccines made the death rate grew fast.
________32. Agricultural revolution made a great change to decrease the human
population.
________33. Density refers to the number of animals per unit area.
________34. Empowering woman can help to slow down the growing rate of population.
________35. Death caused by car accident is an example of density-independent factor.
________36. Animals that are in poor nutritional condition have fewer young and/or
breed less often.
________37. Population growth rate tend to slowdown when the country is more
developed.
________38. Family planning is illegal in the Philippines because Christianity is the
predominant faith in the country.
________39. A 35 years old male was infected by covid-19 virus, he was advised to do a
self- quarantine since it is not severe. After 3 days, the 35 years old male died due to
the infection. This scenario is an example of density-independent factor of mortality.
________40. Fecundity means the ability to produce offspring.