Term 3 Definitions

Question 1

Define: Birth Rate

Answer 1

Number of babies born in one year per 1 000 people in a country

Question 2

Define: Death Rate

Answer 2

number of deaths in a country for every 1 000 people in one year

Question 3

Define: Population growth rate

Answer 3

The difference between the birth rate and death rate in a country (birth rate – death rate = population growth rate).

Question 4

Define: Infant mortality rate

Answer 4

The number of babies that die before they reach the age of one. We measure the infant mortality rate as the number of deaths per thousand births in a year.

Question 5

Define: Life Expectancy

Answer 5

The average number of years people in an area or country can expect to live.

Question 6

Define: Pandemic

Answer 6

A disease that spreads across many countries

Question 7

Define: Epidemic

Answer 7

A disease that spreads quickly across a large area or country (1 country/area)

Question 8

Negative population growth rate is ______?

Answer 8

When the date rate is HIGHER than the birth rate.

Question 9

Positive population growth rate is when _____.

Answer 9

the birth rate is HIGHER than the death rate.

Question 10

Population growth is also affected by___

Answer 10

Migration of people, into and out of the country.