Population Distrubtion

Question 1

What does the term population distribution mean ?

Answer 1

The pattern of where people live and how population is spread out

Question 2

What does the term population density mean ?

Answer 2

The measurement of the number of people in a area
it is the average numbers

Question 3

What does the term densely populated mean ?

Answer 3

An area which contains a lot of people

Question 4

What does the term sparsely populated mean ?

Answer 4

An area which contains fewer people

Question 5

What is the birth rate

Answer 5

Total number of births per 1,000 of the population

Question 6

What is the death rate

Answer 6

The number of deaths per 1,000 of the population

Question 7

Why is the global population distribution uneven ?

Answer 7

• Global population distribution is uneven due to geographical economical and social factors that influence spatial distribution.
• Places with great health care and education and that offer more jobs are more likely to have a bigger population compared to a place with fewer resources .
• places with higher population distribution are able to support a population such as water, soil and the ability to grow food, and job opportunities.

Question 8

What word could be used to describe would population growth over the past 200years

Answer 8

Exponential
(becomes more rapid and is increased)

Question 9

What does the term population growth mean ?

Answer 9

The increasing the number of people in a group

Question 10

Why does population change overtime?

Answer 10

The change in the population from births to deaths is known as the natural increase( if birth rate is high it will have a poitive population growth)
Population grow or shrink depending on if they gain or lose faster
There is a acceleration of domestic migration and thus the population increases and the population density decreases(peoplemoving to another part of the country)

Question 11

What are the issues of population growth ?

Answer 11

As the population increases there is now a greater demand and pressure on resources and services such as :
- food
- water
- housing
- energy
- healthcare
- transportation

Question 12

Natural increase

Answer 12

When the birth rate is higher than the death rate

Question 13

Natural decrease

Answer 13

When the death rate is higher than the birth rate