Population Density, Distribution and Pyramids

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What word describes a pyramid shaped diagram that shows the age and gender of a population?

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population pyramid

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Which of these best explains the high population density in China's eastern region? Options: The region is not capable of supporting large scale farming, The region is close to the ocean and has favorable climate, The region is home to the emperor, The region is located near active volcanoes, The region does not have a lot of people living in the area.

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The region is close to the ocean and has favorable climate

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A country with a large amount of arable land and a small number of farmers will have:

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low agricultural density.

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If the physiological density is much higher than the arithmetic density, then a country has: inefficient farmers., a large number of farmers., a small percentage of land suitable for agriculture., too many people for the available resources., a large percentage of land suitable for agriculture.

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a small percentage of land suitable for agriculture.

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Which of the following is likely to be affected by a population of 7 billion? amount of land for agriculture, amount of clean water, number of people who are unemployed, amount of air pollution in society

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all of the above

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Predict the future population growth of this country. Options: Negative Growth (the population will shrink), Slow/No Growth (the population will stay about the same), Growth (the population will definitely grow), Fast Growth (the population will explode), This country will experience a lot of positive growth.

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Negative Growth (the population will shrink)

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Only a fraction of the Earth's surface is actually farmable land. This land is called:

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arable

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What does an "upside down" population pyramid indicate?

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lots of elderly/older people

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According to the population pyramid of this country, its population is most likely...

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growing rapidly.

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Population density is usually higher in places

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along the coast or near water