Population Growth And Change

Question 1

What is birth rate?

Answer 1

Birth rate is the number of live births per 1000 people per year.

Question 2

What is death rate?

Answer 2

The death rate is the number of people who die per 1000 population, scaled to the size of that population.

Question 3

What is population growth?

Answer 3

Population growth rate is the at which a population changes during a period of time in a place.

Question 4

How do you get the population growth rate?

Answer 4

P=(B-D) + (I-E)

Question 5

What is infant mortality rate?

Answer 5

Infant mortality rate is the number of deaths of babies under one year of age per 1000 live births in a given year.

Question 6

What are the 3 factors on why IMR can be so high?

Answer 6

• There are not enough medical services
• There are hunger and malnutrition
• THere is poverty

Question 7

Why do certain countries have no IMR in their countries?

Answer 7

• Improvements in medical technology that have resulted in good medical services.
• The availability of enough healthy foods
• Clean drinking water
• Being able to afford warm clothes and well-constructed house.

Question 8

What is life expectancy?

Answer 8

Life expectancy is the average number of years a person, or a group of people born in the same year, is expected to live.

Question 9

What are the factors that affect life expectancy?

Answer 9

• Gender.
• Economic conditions.
• Medical care and diet.