YEAR 8 UNIT 2 POPULATION KEY TERMS /20

What is the definition of population?

• The number of people who live in a particular place

• The number of births per 1000 of the population

• The average age to which a person is expected to live

• The average number living in a place, per square kilometre

What is the birth rate?

• The number of births per 1000 of the population

• The average number of babies a woman will have in a particular country

• The number of deaths per 1000 of the population

• The average age to which a person is expected to live

What is the death rate?

• The average number living in a place, per square kilometre

• The number of deaths per 1000 of the population

• The average number of babies a woman will have in a particular country

• The average age to which a person is expected to live

What is life expectancy?

• The number of deaths per 1000 of the population

• The number of births per 1000 of the population

• The average age to which a person is expected to live

• The average number living in a place, per square kilometre

What is population density?

• The average number living in a place, per square kilometre

• The number of births per 1000 of the population

• The average age to which a person is expected to live

• The number of deaths per 1000 of the population

What is population distribution?

• The average number living in a place, per square kilometre

• The number of births per 1000 of the population

• How the people living in a country are spread out within the country

• The number of deaths per 1000 of the population

What does sparsely populated mean?

• Few people living in an area

• Large numbers of people living in an area

• The average number living in a place, per square kilometre

• When a country has a large population

What does densely populated mean?

• Few people living in an area

• The average number living in a place, per square kilometre

• Large numbers of people living in an area

• When a country has a large population

What does populous mean?

• Large numbers of people living in an area

• The average number living in a place, per square kilometre

• Few people living in an area

• When a country has a large population

What is the fertility rate?

• The number of deaths per 1000 of the population

• The average number of babies a woman will have in a particular country

• The average age to which a person is expected to live

• The number of births per 1000 of the population