WorksheetsPopulation Growth
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
True/False: Death rates have gone down because of modern medicine and technology.
True
False
One reason the world is growing so quickly is because...
The world has infinite resources for everyone
Birth rate is higher than death rate
There are more and more places for people to live
Death rate is higher than birth rate
This population pyramid shows... (HINT: Think about the age of the most people in the country and what that tells us about the birth rate.)
Rapid population growth
Slow population growth
Negative population growth
This population pyramid shows...
a large number of people under the age of 20
most of the population is between the ages of 20 - 80
most of the population is over the age of 80
What is the current population of the world?
7,200,000
7,200,000,000
7,800,000,000
7,800,000
Why did the population grow?
Better medicine
More food available
Better public health
All of these!
Population density is usually higher in places
along the coast or near water
in the high latitudes
in the desert
in the mountain ranges
