4 marksResource Consumption, Urbanisation, and Sustainability

CAPE Environmental Science Unit 1 · 2019 · Paper 2 · Question 3(iii)

Use an example from the Caribbean region to outline how population growth may lead to deforestation and species loss.

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3(a)State TWO ways in which human beings adapt to their environment.[2 marks]
3(b)(i)Use the grid on page 15 and the information in Table 3 to draw an age-sex diagram.[5 marks]
3(b)(ii)Barbados has an annual growth rate of 0.3%. What is meant by the term 'annual growth rate'?[2 marks]
3(b)(iii)Calculate the doubling time of the Barbadian population.[3 marks]
3(c)(i)Name TWO indices which are used to assess poverty.[2 marks]
3(c)(ii)Explain why the indices named in (c)(i) are suitable for assessing poverty.[2 marks]

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