Human Biology: Concepts and Current Issues (8th Edition)
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Author: Michael D. Johnson
Publisher: PEARSON
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Describe what happens to a country as it undergoes demographic transition. Give examples of nations in early and late stages of transition.
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- What are the key factors that led to the changes in the birth rate and death rates as a country goes through the demographic transition? Describe in order that they occurred and how they affected the rates.arrow_forwardDraw and explain different stages of Demographic Transition Model.arrow_forwardDescribe the age structures in rapidly growing countries, slowly growing countries, and countries with zero population growth.arrow_forward
- In a graph of population size versus time, a J-shaped curve is characteristic of (a) exponential population growth (b) logistic population growth (c) zero population growth (d) replacement-level fertility (e) population growth momentumarrow_forwardWhich of the following is best at showing the life expectancy of an individual within a population? a. quadrat b. mark and recapture c. survivorship curve d. life tablearrow_forwardDistinguish between the exponential and logistic growth of a population and describe the nature of their growth curves. Define environmental resistance. What is the carrying capacity of an environment? Define and give an example of a population crash.arrow_forward
- Briefly explain how each demographic parameter can affect a population. This can be in terms of population structure, growth, decline or survival of the individuals etc.? Dispersion Age structure Fecundity Mortality Sex-ratioarrow_forwardDifferentiate between exponential and logistic growth form of population.arrow_forwardDescribe the characteristics of populations that help predict population growtharrow_forward
- In which stage of the demographic transition does population increase the most?arrow_forwardSketch and label the graph showing the general stages ofthe demographic transition and explain the changes thatinfluence the growth and size of the population over time.arrow_forwardIdentify the demographic transition stage for a country that has an age structure consisting of a large number of people in the pre-reproductive age group due to continuous births , but also has a small amount of people in the elderly population due to death rates falling. a) Stage 1 b) Stage 2 c) Stage 3 d) Stage 4arrow_forward
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