Environmental Science Chapter 9 - The Human Population

_______ is the study of populations, but most often refers to the study of human populations.

• Age Structure

• Migration

• Survivorship

• Demography

The average number of years a person is likely to live is that person’s _____ _____.

• Demographic Transition

• Life Expectancy

• Fertility Rate

• Age Structure

_______ is the percentage of members of a group that are likely to survive to any given age.

• Survivorship

• Age Structure

• Demography

• Life Expectancy

The movement of individuals between areas is called ______.

• Demography

• Survivorship

• Migration

• Demographic Transition

_____ _____ is the distribution of ages in a specific population at a certain time.

• Demographic Transition

• Age Structure

• Life Expectancy

• Fertility Rate

Populations can quadruple in a single century, then stop growing or even shrink in the next century. The _______ _______ is a model that describes how these changes can occur.

• Demographic Transition

• Age Structure

• Fertility Rate

• Population Fluctuation

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The number of babies born each year per 1,000 women in a population is called the _____ _____.

• Age Structure

• Offspring Rate

• Fertility Rate

• Growth Rate

________ is the basic facilities and services that support a community, such as public water supplies, sewer lines, power plants, roads, subways, schools, and hospitals.

• Urbanization

• Infrastructure

• Exoskeleton

• Demography

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These countries show few signs of development and in some cases have increasing death rates, while birth rates remain high.

• Most Developed Countries

• Least Developed Countries

• Arable Land

• Urbanized Countries

_____ _____ is land that can be used to grow crops.

• Urbanized Land

• Infrastructure Land

• Developed Land

• Arable Land