2.4 Study Guide

Question 1

How many statges are there in the demographic transition?

Answer 1

There are a total of 3 stages.

Question 2

What are the factors that affect population growth rate?

Answer 2

They are:
-age structure
-generation time
-sex ratio

Question 3

What is definition life expectancy at birth?

Answer 3

It is the average number of years a newborn infant can expect to live under current martality rate.

Question 4

What is birth rate?

Answer 4

It is birth and death per 1000 total poppualtion.

Question 5

What is the last step of the demographic transtion?

Answer 5

It is that the birth rate falls, so the population gwoth starts to slow down.

Question 6

How is the population growth rate affected with a with developed country?

Answer 6

There are almost no changes but sometimes the population in the developed country decrease.

Question 7

How an age structure diagram can be used to predict population growth?

Answer 7

It can show the age range in which females reproduce and are using contraceptives.