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POPULATION (2.1-2.3)

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the difference between physiological and arithmetic density?

a)

The rate at which women have enough babies on average to replace the older generation

b)

Total number of objects

c)

Arithmetic density is the number of people supported by an area of arable land while physiological density is the number of people in an area.

d)

Physiological density is the number of people supported by an area of arable land while arithmetic density is the total number of objects in an area.

2.

What is population density?

a)

Low cluster of population in a certain region

b)

Growth of population over time

c)

Mass production of arable land

d)

High cluster of a population in a certain region

3.

The four types of demograhics

a)

Race, ethnicity, gender, continent

b)

Race, age, gender, city

c)

Race, gender, age, population density

d)

Race, age, gender, population size

4.

Those 0-14 and 65+ are classified as?

a)

Dependents

b)

Working age

c)

Independents

d)

Baby boomers

5.

Define demography

a)

The study of how people behave

b)

The study of living things and their population

c)

The scientific study of population characterisitics

d)

The study of graphs about human statistics

6.

Identify the four scales of analysis in the correct order

a)

Global, local, national, regional

b)

Local, national, global, cities

c)

Global, regional, national, local

d)

National, local, global, regional

7.

Which of the following is likely to be affected by a population of 7 billion?

a)

Amount of land for agriculture

b)

Amount of clean water

c)

Number of people who are unemployed

d)

All of the above

8.

Define overpopulation

a)

Human beings in general

b)

A measurement of people for a specific area

c)

Number of people in an area is more than capacity of the environment to support life at a decent standard of living

d)

All inhabitants of a particular area

9.

The number of people that are too young or too old to work on a population pyramid

a)

Gender ratio

b)

Demographic ratio

c)

Dependency ratio

d)

Population ratio

10.

If the number of births in a population is the same as the number of deaths (little change), what will happen to the growth of the population?

a)

It will increase

b)

It will stay the same

c)

It will decrease

d)

It fluctuate

11.

If the number of births is greater than the number of deaths in a population, what will happen to the growth of the population?

a)

It will increase

b)

It will decrease

c)

It will stay the same

d)

It will fluctuate