EAP 2 Timed Reading Quiz Population Puzzle: Is the World Big Enough?

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Instructions: Click the grey box following the questions, and choose the best answer to the question. When you are finished, check your number correct on the first try, found in the small box in the top right corner of the page.

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If all the people in the world stood shoulder to shoulder, they would fill: select answer the state of California. all of Asia. the island of Bali, Indonesia. the entire United States.


Do all the experts agree that there is plenty of room for more people in the world? select answer Yes No


Most population growth is occurring in: select answer developed countries, like the U.S. developing countries like China, India, and Nigeria


Is there enough food produced to feed everyone in the world? select answer Yes The experts don't know No


What is the main reason that people are starving in the world? select answer There just isn't enough food produced Droughts or weather problems that ruin crop harvests Distribution problems

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