Environmental Science - Chapter 9 - Vocabulary

Farmland that can be used to grow crops

• demography

• infrastructure

• arable land

• urbanization

An increase in the ratio or density of people living in urban ares rather than in rural areas

• urbanization

• least developed countries

• survivorship

• migration

Percentage of newborn individuals in a population that can be expected to survive to a given age.

• age structure

• fertility rate

• survivorship

• migration

n general, any movement of individuals or populations from one location to another; specifically, a periodic group movement that is characteristic of a given population or species.

• fertility rate

• migration

• life expectancy

• demography

The study of the characteristics of populations, especially human populations.

• infrastructure

• life expectancy

• fertility rate

• demography

The general pattern of demographic change from high birth and death rates low-birth and death rates, as observed in the history of more developed countries.

• demographic transition

• fertility rate

• migration

• life expectancy

The basic facilities of a country or region, such as roads, bridges, and sewers.

• life expectancy

• demographic transition

• urbanization

• infrastructure

The number of births (usually per year) per 1,000 women of childbearing age (usually 15 to 44).

• fertility rate

• life expectancy

• survivorship

• age structure

Classification of members of a population into groups according to age or the distribution of members of a population in terms of age groups.

• infrastructure

• urbanization

• age structure

• demography

Countries that have been identified by the United States as showing the fewest signs of development in terms of income, human resources, and economic diversification.

• Migration

• Least Developed Countries

• Arable Structure

• Demography