Year 8 BHS Population Homework number 2

What is the definition of population?

• The number of births per 1000 of the population

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

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

• The number of people who live in a particular place

What does birth rate measure?

• The number of deaths per 1000 of the population

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

• The number of births per 1000 of the population

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

What is the definition of life expectancy?

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

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

• The number of deaths per 1000 of the population

• The number of people who live in a particular place

What does population density measure?

• 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 the definition of population distribution?

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

• The number of births per 1000 of the population

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

• The number of people who live in a particular place

What does the term 'sparsely populated' mean?

• Large numbers of people living in an area

• Few people living in an area

• When a country has a large population

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

What is the definition of fertility rate?

• The number of people who live in a particular place

• 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 are pull factors in relation to population?

• What the weather is usually like over a long period of time to calculate averages

• Reasons/factors that push people away from a place e.g no jobs

• How the height of the land varies within an area/country

• Reasons/factors that attract people to a place e.g. better wages

What does the term 'rich' refer to in the context of countries?

• A wealthy country (a developed country)

• Increase in the population of an area

• The progress of a country makes as it becomes more economically and technologically advanced

• A country which is not rich (under -developed)

What is the definition of urban?

• How the height of the land varies within an area/country

• A person who moves to another country

• The countryside/ villages

• Towns and cities