Growth Flashcards
1
Q
What are the mathematics of growth?
A
Population growth
Resource Consumption
Pollution accumulation
Radioactive decay
2
Q
List the parts of the growth curve from left to right
A
Lag
Exponential
Stationary
Death
3
Q
What is crude birth rate?
A
Measure of fertility
4
Q
What is crude death rate?
A
Measure of mortality
5
Q
What is total fertility rate?
A
Average number of children per woman
6
Q
What is infant mortality rate?
A
Number of deaths to infants per 1000 live births
7
Q
What is rate of natural increase?
A
Difference between crude birth rate and crude death rate
