2.3 Flashcards
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What happens to the birth, death and growth rates in the first stage of demographic transition?
Birth rates and death rates are high. Growth rate is stable.
What happens to the birth, death and growth rates in the second stage of demographic transition?
Birth rates are high and death rates rapidly decrease. Growth rate increases rapidly.
What happens to the birth, death and growth rates in the third stage of demographic transition?
Birth rates fall and death rates slowly fall. growth rate slows.
What happens to the birth, death and growth rates in the fourth stage of demographic transition?
Birth and death rates are low. Growth rate falls and stabilizes.
What happens to the birth, death and growth rates in the final stage of demographic transition?
Birth rates may increase or decrease and death rates are low. Growth rate changes little.
What kind of country would have a high resource use?
A developed country
What kind of country would have a low literacy rate?
A developing country
What kind of country would have a high infant mortality rate?
A developing country
What kind of country would have high freshwater withdrawals?
A developed country
What kind of country would have a high GDP per capita?
A developed country
What kind of country would have low Co2 emissions?
A developing country
How can an age structure diagram be used to predict population growth?
If the population is mostly young people, then the population is growing. If the population is equally split among the age groups, then the population has stopped growing.
Country A has 9 emissions, country B has 0.1 emissions and Country C has 4 emissions. Rank the countries from highest to lowest growth rate.
B, C, A
