population and resources

Question 1

what is an optimum population?

Answer 1

-the ideal number of people in an area- all resources are used to give the highest economic return per person and therefore the highest standard of living

Question 2

what is overpopulation?

Answer 2

-if the population of an area becomes too high for the available resources the standard of living falls- there isn’t enough food, water, energy ect

Question 3

what is underpopulation?

Answer 3

• if the population declines or is it too low, there are too few people to use the available resources to their full potential and the standard of living falls or is lower than it could be