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Population Concepts Flashcards

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1
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Define birth rate

A

The number of babies born per 1000 people per year

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Define death rate

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Number of deaths in a country for every 1000 people per year.

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3
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Define population growth rate

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The percentage that a places population increases showed by the difference between the birth and death rate

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4
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Define infant

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Baby younger than 1 years of age

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5
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Define mortality.

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Death/dying

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Life expectancy is the _____________ number of years a person in a specific place can _______________ ____ ________

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Average. Expect to live.

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7
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What factors affect life expectancy?

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Pollution
Health
Occupation
Nutrition
Education
Housing
Disease

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Define parasite

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An animal or plant that lives in or on another animal or plant

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What is diarrhoea transmitted by?

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Transmitted by unhygienic food and water

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What is cholera transmitted by?

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Unhygienic food and water and lack of personal hygiene

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What is malaria transmitted by?

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Mosquitoes

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12
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What is TB transmitted by?

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Close contact with people who are infected.

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13
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What is HIV and AIDS transmitted by

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Blood and bodily fluids

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14
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What is the prevention of diarrhoea

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Better hygiene

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15
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Prevention of cholera

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Boil water

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16
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Prevention of malaria

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Mosquito nets and insect repellent Short term drugs.

17
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Prevention for TB

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TB vaccinations

18
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Prevention for HIV and AIDS

A

Avoid unprotected sexual contact and contact with other people’s blood and body fluids

19
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What is the treatment for diarrhoea?

A

Sugar and salt water

20
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Treatment for cholera

A

Medical treatment

21
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Treatment for malaria

A

Medical treatment and possibly hospitalisation

22
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Treatment for TB

A

Strong medicines

23
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Treatment for HIV

A

HIV can be managed with medicines but there is no cure

24
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Define pandemic

A

A disease that has spread throughout the world

25
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Define status

A

Rank or position compared with others.

26
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Define income

A

Money received from wages

27
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Define population pyramid

A

A graph that shows the number of people in an area by their ages and gender

28
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What does economic status tell you?

A

A persons income

29
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How do wars affect birth rates

A

People have fewer children during wars

Wars prevent people from farming and living a normal life

Many people die from hunger and disease

30
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Define populous

A

Full of people

31
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Define overpopulation

A

Too many people for the land to feed properly

32
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What factors caused increased food production.

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Farmers could produce more food because of mass produced tools

Traders and migrants took the new tools and farming methods to other places in the world

Farmers used farming machines(tractors,planters and harvesters) and fertilisers

The green revolution (a planned effort to improve farming methods and produce better crops to reduce hunger in developing countries

33
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What are the scientific developments that helped increase the life expectancy.

A

Disease control
Infection control
Improved sanitation
Canned and frozen food
Refrigeration

34
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What factors of improved health care affect the life expectancy

A

Immunisation
Cleanliness
Medicines
Surgery
Blood transfusions

Geography Grade 7 Term 3 (1 decks)

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