Words for Chapter 16 Vocabulary Quiz

Question 1

Demography

Answer 1

the statistical study of human populations, focusing on their size, composition, and how they change over time through births, deaths, and migration

Question 2

Fertility

Answer 2

the actual production of offspring, or the number of live births in a population.

Question 3

Fecundity

Answer 3

the potential number of children that an average woman is able to give birth to.

Question 4

Crude Birth Rate

Answer 4

the number of live births per 1,000 people in a population during a specific time period, typically a year.

Question 5

Mortality

Answer 5

the number of deaths in a population, usually expressed as a rate (e.g., deaths per 1,000 people) over a specific period

Question 6

Crude Death Rate

Answer 6

a basic measure of mortality, showing the number of deaths per 1,000 people in a population within a given year.

Question 7

Infant Mortality Rate

Answer 7

the number of infant deaths (babies under one year old) per 1,000 live births within a specific population and time period

Question 8

Doubling Time

Answer 8

the number of years it takes for a population to double in size, assuming a constant growth rate

Question 9

replacement level

Answer 9

the fertility rate (number of children a woman has) needed to maintain a stable population size, neither growing nor shrinking

Question 10

Urban Ecology

Answer 10

the study of how people, plants, and animals interact within cities and urban environments