Human Population Vocabulary

Match the following

• distribution of ages in a population

• Fertility Rate

• average number of children a woman has

• Age Structure

• the study of populations

• Demography

• % of people who survive to a certain age

• Survivorship

Match the following

• average years a person will live

• Infrastructure

• movement from one area to another

• Migration

• services supporting a community

• Demographic Transition

• changes affect population growth rates

• Life Expectancy

Match the following

• Process of population shift from rural areas to cities

• Infant Mortality Rate

• Death rate of infants

• Arable Land

• increasing death rates and birth rates

• Least Developed Countries

• Land suitable for growing crops

• Urbanization

The study of populations

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The distribution of ages in a specific population at a certain time

(a)  

The percentage of members of a group that are likely to survive to any given age

(a)  

The average number of children a woman gives birth to in her lifetime

(a)  

Movement of individuals from one area to another

(a)  

The average number of years members of a population are likely to live

(a)  

A model describing how economic and social changes affect population growth rates

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