Vocabulary
Population Growth
Migration
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100
The number of deaths compared to the total number of people in a population at a given time.
What is the death rate.
100
The number of people in a given area increases.
What is population growth.
100
One of the main causes of population shifts in our world.
What is migration.
100
The number of years it takes a population to double based on its current growth rate.
What is doubling time.
200
An area that is densely populated.
What is Urban.
200
One example is an increase in the crime rate.
What is a negative effect of population growth.
200
War, danger, natural disasters, poor economy, no jobs, and lack of education.
What are push factors.
200
Natural gas, oil, and coal are examples.
What are nonrenewable resources.
300
To leave one's home to live in another place
What is emigrate.
300
An increase in population results in an ___________ in natural resources being used.
What is increase.
300
Moving to be with family/friends, better education, and better jobs.
What pull factors.
300
True or False: Rapid population growth can lead to harming the environment.
What is true.
400
A huge city or cluster of cities with an extremely large population.
What is megalopolis.
400
Push and pull factors influence a country's population ____________.
What is density.
400
People seeking to leave an area due to conflict (war).
What are refugees.
400
Student learning in the classroom is altered due to ____________.
What is overcrowding.
500
When a city grows larger ans spreads into nearby areas.
What is urbanization.
500
The causes of population growth. (There are 5).
What is What is falling death rate, climbing birth rate, better health care, more food, and cleaner water.
500
A positive effect of migration not yet mentioned.
What is cultural blending.
500
Cultural blending results in new traditions without forgetting the original traditions. The other main result of cultural blending is ____________.
What are new foods.
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