I&S Population vocabulary words 1

Question 1

Birth rate

Answer 1

Rate of births in a specific time and a specific location.

Question 2

Emigration

Answer 2

The act of leaving one’s own country to settle permanently in another moving board or country.

Question 3

Immigration

Answer 3

The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.

Question 4

Natural Increase

Answer 4

Natural Increase measures the change of the population as a result of changing birth and death rates.

Question 5

Demographics

Answer 5

Statistical data about population and particular groups within it.

Question 6

Migration

Answer 6

The movement from one part of something to another. One place to another place. A migrant is a person.

Question 7

Overpopulation

Answer 7

The condition of being populated with excessively large numbers.

Question 8

Ageing population

Answer 8

The increasing median (average) in a population of old people.

Question 9

Death Rate

Answer 9

The ratio of deaths to the population in a particular area or period.

Question 10

Population

Answer 10

The total amount of people living in a specific area.