人口爆発とは、人口が急激に増加することをさしていう言葉で、人口がとどまるところを知らず増加する様子を、爆弾が爆発するのに例えている。
Overpopulation Quiz
Choose the correct answer.
1.Overpopulation is not simply a＿＿＿＿＿ of the size or density of the population.
a)fiction
b)function
c)factory
2.Overpopulation can be _________ using the ratio of population to available sustainable resources.
a)determined
b)determine
c)determinable
3.If a given environment has a population of ten, but there is food or drinking water enough for only ______, then that environment is overpopulated.
a)nine
b)eleven
c)hundred
4.By the year 2050, China will no ______ be the most populous country in the world.
a)wonder
b)longer
c)more
5.Overpopulation causes ozone ________.
a)depletion
b)increase
c)disappearance
6.The world's forests are ___________ because of overpopulation.
a)disappear
b)disappeared
c)disappearing
7.Air pollution is the result of overpopulation, and _____ rain, a byproduct of air pollution, is destroying lakes, rivers and forests.
a)salty
b) acid
c)alkaline
8.Many plants and animals are disappearing because of the _______ in human numbers.
a)decline
b)growth
c)destruction
9.Overpopulation is threatening the world food _______.
a)demand
b)supply
c)company
10.Women and men throughout the world are begging for the means to control their _________.
a)fertility
b)sterility
c)furniture
Masaki Shimazaki