2.4 Study Guide

Question 1

What is happening with the population growth in stage 4 of the demographic transition model?

Answer 1

The growth rate is much slower and remains somewhat constant

Question 2

When there is a higher birth rate than death rate what happens to the population?

Answer 2

It increases

Question 3

What is natural increase?

Answer 3

The percent that a population is increasing over a period of time

Question 4

What happens to the population in stages 2 and 3 of the demographic transition model?

Answer 4

The population is increasing

Question 5

Do developing countries have a higher fertility rate than other countries and why or why not

Answer 5

Developing countries do have higher fertility rates because they are growing countries who are using resources and they’re population needs to increase

Question 6

How does an age structure diagram predict population growth?

Answer 6

It can tell based on the fertility rates per age group about how many offspring there will be in the next generation