Natural selection is the process whereby:
a. phenotypes select on genes
b. environmental conditions select on phenotypes
c. genes select on phenotypes
d. a and c above
e. none of the above
Question 2
matching
1) demographic transition
2) population pyramid
3) fertility rate
4) fecundity
5) net migration rate
6) basic demographic equation
7) city
8) micropolis
9) human ecology
10) concentric zone model
11) sector model
12) norm of noninvolvement
13) diffusion of responsibility
14) redlining
15) enterprise zone
A) a six zone model of urban growth developed by Ernest Burgess
B) growth rate equals births minus deaths plus net migration
C) Robert Park's term for the relationship between people and their environment
D) a three-stage historical process of population growth based on birth rates and death rates
E) the use of economic incentives in a designated area to encourage investment
F) the number of children the average woman bears
G) the number of children women are capable of bearing
H) a place in which a large number of people are permanently based and do not produce their own food
I) a model of urban growth developed by Homer Hoyt that resembles wedge-shaped sections and partial circles
J) a graphic representation of a population divided into age and sex
K) a condition where people ignore their obligation to contribute to the community or group as populations or group size increase
L) the difference between the number of immigrants and emigrants per 1,000 population
M) the act of officers of a financial institution deciding not to make loans for business relocation or housing purchases in a particular area
N) a city of 10,000 to 50,000 that is not a suburb and is located next to nowhere
O) an avoidance of strangers common to residents in cities
Question 3
A genotype is:
a. the structures that emerge at birth
b. the genetic structure of a life form
c. the behavioral propensities of a life form
d. a and b above
e. all of the above