2.4 Study Guide

Question 1

What happens to the death rate in developing countries?

Answer 1

The death rate goes down

Question 2

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

Answer 2

If there are less people in the reproductive ages than the pre- reproductive ages, the population should grow. If there are more people in the reproductive ages than the pre-reproductive ages the population should decline. If the amount of people are about the same, then the population shouldn’t grow or shrink at all.

Question 3

What are the differences between developing and developed countries?

Answer 3

Developed countries use more resources and do not have a lot of population growth, while developing countries use less resources and have a rapidly growing population.

Question 4

What happens to infant mortality rate in each stage?

Answer 4

Undeveloped countries have a high IMR, developing countries have a lower IMR and developed countries have a low IMR.