Population density and distribution

Define population density and distribution.

• The average number of people in a given unit area and how a population is spread over an area.

• The number of houses per square kilometre and urbanisation rates.

• Where people live on the surface of the earth.

• The number of a people in a country and where they are situated.

When an area is crowded with many people per km², it is said to be...

• Isolated

• Densely populated

• Sparsely populated

• Minimally populated

When an area is empty with very few people per km², it is said to be...

• Isolated

• Densely populated

• Sparsely populated

• Minimally populated

Which environment is difficult to farm due to the relief?

• Tropical rainforests

• Mountain ranges

• Deserts

• Permanently frozen ground

Which environment is difficult to live in due to a humid climate?

• Tropical rainforests

• Mountain ranges

• Deserts

• Permanently frozen ground

Which environment is difficult to live in due to water scarcity?

• Tropical rainforests

• Mountain ranges

• Deserts

• Permanently frozen ground

Human beings avoid all but which of these regions?

• Warm lands
• Dry lands
• High lands
• Wet lands

All of the people in a particular area

• migration

• demographics

• population

• census

Study of population patterns and change

• census

• demographics

• migration

• death rate

Number of births each year per 1,000 people

• birth rate

• population growth

• population density

• migration