New Geography in Action Junior Cycle Geography REVISI N
The population of the world is over ______________________ ______________________. This has ______________________ over time. If the ______________________ ______________________ is higher than the death rate, then the population ______________________. If the death rate is higher than the ______________________ ______________________ then the population ______________________.
The factors that influence population change are ______________________, ______________________ ______________________, ______________________, ______________________ ______________________, ______________________, and the role of ______________________ in society. People who study population change are called ______________________. They have developed a model called the ______________________ ______________________ model to help us understand how a population changes. Ireland is currently in the ______________________ ______________________ stage.
The graph used to show the gender and age profile of a population is a ______________________ ______________________. The ______________________ ratio is the number of older people and youths compared to the number of people working. ______________________ mortality rate is the number of children who die under the age of one for every 1,000 children born in that year. ____________________ ____________________ is an indicator of how long a person can expect to live.
Sample Questions
1. Name one country with a population structure similar to Pyramid A. 2. Name one country with a population structure similar to Pyramid B. 3. Explain one reason why Pyramid B has a wider base than Pyramid A. 4. Name two uses of population pyramids