Human Populations Test

The study of population is

• survivorship

• demography

• age structure

• migration

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The distribution of ages in a specific population

• age structure

• infrastructure

• life expectancy

• demographic transition

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NGSS.HS-LS3-3

Have the highest birth rates

• urbanization

• developed countries

• least-developed countries

• arable land

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Movement of individuals into or out of a population.

• demographic transition

• infrastructure

• urbanization

• migration

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NGSS.HS-LS4-5

Movement of people into cities from rural areas.

• demographic transition

• infrastructure

• urbanization

• migration

Average number of years a person is likely to live.

• age structure

• life expectancy

• survivorship

• demography

A model that describes how changes in a population will occur.

• demography

• demographic transition

• infrastructure

• urbanization

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NGSS.HS-LS2-2

NGSS.HS-LS2-6

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

During Stage 2 of a population's demographic transition, the death rate

• increases

• decreases

• remains the same

• is zero

Since 1970, fertility rates have

• increased in both more-developed and less-developed countries

• increased in more-developed and decreased in less-developed countries.

• decreased in both more-developed and less-developed countries.

• decreased in more-developed and increased in less-developed countries.

What is a population’s total fertility rate?

• the number of births needed to keep a nation’s population stable

• the average number of children a male member of a population has each year

• the average number of children a female member of the population has during her lifetime

• the total number of babies born in a population each generation

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4