The Full Extent of the Diversity and Abundance of Life

question 58

Multiple Choice

The full extent of the diversity and abundance of life on earth has only been understood in the past few years as a result of _______.

• A) advances in deep oceanography and deep earth mining engineering
• B) techniques to identify organisms that do not rely on culturing
• C) microscopy techniques to identify the vast quantity of viruses present in all environments
• D) environmental movements to preserve parks, coral reefs, and glaciers

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Definitions:

Demographic Data

Information collected about the characteristics of human populations, such as age, gender, and income levels.

Demographic Transition

A theory describing the transition from high birth and death rates to lower birth and death rates as a country develops from a pre-industrial to an industrialized economic system.

Death Rates

The mortality rate represents the amount of deaths with respect to the total population size, measured over a certain timeframe.

Birth Rates

The quantity of babies born alive per thousand individuals in a community during a specific year.