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Population Change

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the definition of birth rate?

a)

The number of live births per 1,000,000 people per year

b)

The number of live births per 1000 people per year

c)

The number of infants who survive to 5 years old per year

d)

The number of infant deaths per year

2.

What is the definition of death rate?

a)

the number of deaths per 1000 people per year

b)

the average span of of years someone lives

c)

the number of deaths per 1,000,000 per year

d)

the number of live babies born for every 1000 people

3.

What is the definition of infant mortality rate?

a)

the life expectancy of an infant at birth

b)

the number of deaths of children under the age of 5 per 1000 live births

c)

the number of deaths of children under the age of 1 per 1000 live births

d)

the number of babies born per 1000 people

4.

What is the definition of life expectancy?

a)

the average number of live births per 1000 people

b)

the expected average life span of a particular population

c)

the average number of deaths per 1000 people

d)

the expected number of infant deaths per 1000 live births

5.

What is the definition of natural increase?

a)

the rate of population growth calculated by subtracting the death rate from the birth rate

b)

the rate of population growth calculated by averaging birth rates

c)

the rate of population growth calculated by averaging death rates

d)

the rate of population growth calculated by averaging infant mortality rates

6.

What three things are most important when calculating the population change of a particular place?

a)

birth rate, infant mortality, medical care

b)

migration, life expectancy, infant mortality

c)

birth rate, death rate, migration

d)

death rate, infant mortality, life expectancy

7.

What does a higher life expectancy lead to?

a)

higher death rate

b)

lower death rate

c)

higher birth rate

d)

lower birth rate

8.

Which country has the higher life expectancy?

a)

Afghanistan

b)

The United States

c)

Nigeria

d)

Japan

9.

What does a population pyramid show

a)

the number of females and males divided into age groups of a particular area; shows life expectancy

b)

the average number of life births to stillbirths

c)

the number of people who survive after the age of five; does not show life expectancy

d)

the death rate of children under the age of five

10.

What has happened to the average life expectancy in Europe over the last 100 years?

a)

it has decreased

b)

it has stayed the same

c)

no one knows

d)

it has increased