Population (2.1-2.5)

What is the difference between physiological and arithmetic density?

• The rate at which women have enough babies on average to replace the older generation

• Total number of objects

• Arithmetic density is the number of people supported by an area of arable land while physiological density is the number of people in an area.

• Physiological density is the number of people supported by an area of arable land while arithmetic density is the total number of objects in an area.

What is population density?

• Low cluster of population in a certain region

• Growth of population over time

• Mass production of arable land

• High cluster of a population in a certain region

Define demography

• The study of how people behave

• The study of living things and their population

• The scientific study of population characterisitics

• The study of graphs about human statistics

Identify the four scales of analysis in the correct order

• Global, local, national, regional

• Local, national, global, cities

• Global, regional, national, local

• National, local, global, regional

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

• All of the above

Define overpopulation

• Human beings in general

• A measurement of people for a specific area

• Number of people in an area is more than capacity of the environment to support life at a decent standard of living

• All inhabitants of a particular area

If the number of births in a population is the same as the number of deaths (little change), what will happen to the growth of the population?

• It will increase

• It will stay the same

• It will decrease

• It fluctuate

If the number of births is greater than the number of deaths in a population, what will happen to the growth of the population?

• It will increase

• It will decrease

• It will stay the same

• It will fluctuate

What is the population trend in this country based on this population pyramid

• Population is increasing

• There is no change occurring the population

• Population is going to stay the same

• Population is decreasing

Stage 1 countries have a _____ CDR & ______ CBR

• High CBR & High CDR

• High CBR & Low CDR

• Low CBR & High CDR

• Low CBR & Low CDR