TCWD Mortality and Fertility

Question 1

began in the 1700’s in Europe and spread to North America

Answer 1

Mortality revolution

Question 2

Death rates fell as new farming and transportation technology expanded the food supply and lessened the danger of famine

Answer 2

1800’s

Question 3

The composition of a population as determined by the number or proportion of males and females in each age category

Answer 3

Age-Sex Structure

Question 4

A dramatic increase in fertility rates and in the absolute number of births.

Answer 4

Baby Boom

Question 5

The number of births per 1,000 population in a given year

Answer 5

Birth Rate

Question 6

The number of deaths per 1,000 population in a given year

Answer 6

Death Rate

Question 7

The number of persons added to a population in a year due to natural increase and net migration;

Answer 7

Growth Rate

Question 8

The average number of additional years a person of a given age could expect to live if current mortality trends were to continue for the rest of that person’s life

Answer 8

Life Expectancy

Question 9

Deaths as a component of population change

Answer 9

Mortality

Question 10

The net effect of immigration and emigration on an area’s population in a given time period, expressed as an increase or decrease

Answer 10

Net Migration

Question 11

A bar chart, arranged vertically, that shows the distribution of a population by age and sex

Answer 11

Population Pyramid

Question 12

The rate at which a population is increasing in a given year due to a surplus of births over deaths, expressed as a percentage of the base population

Answer 12

Rate of Natural Increase

Question 13

A population in equilibrium, with a growth rate of zero, achieved when births plus immigration equal deaths plus emigration.

Answer 13

Zero Population Growth

Question 14

It is the ability to conceive children

Answer 14

Fertility