Holt Environmental Ch. 9 Vocabulary Quiz

The study of characteristics of populations, especially human populations

• Age Structure

• Demography

• Life Expectancy

• Migration

The classification of members of a population into groups according to age or the distribution of members of a population in terms of age groups

• Age Structure

• Demography

• Life Expectancy

• Migration

The average number of children a woman of childbearing years would have in her lifetime, if she had children at the current rate of her country.

• Infrastructure

• Demographic Transition

• Life Expectancy

• Fertility Rate

In 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

• Infrastructure

• Migration

• Life Expectancy

• Fertility Rate

The average length of time that an individual is expected to live

• Infrastructure

• Migration

• Life Expectancy

• Age Structure

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

• Demography

• Migration

• Life Expectancy

• Demographic Transition

Land that can be used to grow crops

• Demography

• Migration

• Arable Land

• Badlands

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

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

• Urbanization

• Ruralization

• Arable Land

• Badlands

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS2-6

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

• Urbanization

• Most Developed Countries

• Arable Land

• Least Developed Countries

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

• Fertility Rate

• Most Developed Countries

• Survivorship

• Least Developed Countries