WorksheetsThe Population Pyramid
Total questions: 6
Worksheet time: 3mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
According to the Population Reference Bureau's "2013 World Population Data Sheet", 271 are born every minute, and 106 die every minute. That's a global net population increase of 165 per minute. This lesson was published on May 5th. What's the estimated global population increase exactly one week later (May 12th)
a)
a. Approximately 10 million
b)
b. 20,739
c)
c. 1,155
d)
d. 1,663,200
2.
Factors that can alter the trend represented by a population pyramid include:
a)
a. Industrialization
b)
b. Natural disasters
c)
c. Education of women
d)
d. All of the above
3.
As a country slows in population growth, its pyramid shape will
a)
a. Become wider at the base and narrower at the top
b)
b. Be inverted
c)
c. Become more rectangular
d)
d. Bulge in the middle
4.
4. What does a Population Pyramid not give you information about?
a)
a. Birth rates
b)
b. Actual number of people
c)
c. Life expectancy
d)
d. Death rates
5.
Which continent would have the most fast growth pyramids
a)
a. Africa
b)
b. Asia
c)
c. North America
d)
d. South America
6.
6. In an advanced stage of industrialization, a country will exhibit which set of characteristics?
a)
a. Low birth and death rates, stable population, good living conditions, long life expectancy
b)
b. High birth and death rates, stable population, poor living condition, short life expectancy
c)
c. High birth rate and low death rate, growing population, good living conditions, long life expectancy
d)
d. High birth and death rates, stable population, harsh living conditions, short life expectancy
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