Population

Population II Workbook Pg 7 to 10

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Chapter 1 (pg 4 to 9)
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Factors affecting world population growth rate
Birth rate
Death rate

Important concept
Population distribution
Population density

Population distribution

Why are cities so crowded?
Write down the possible reasons in your note book now (Do it in 3 minutes)

Can you see anyone living in the area above? Write down the reasons for the low population in the area above?

Population density
Refer to the number of people living in a particular area.
It is usually expressed in terms of number of people per square kilometre of the land.

Factors influencing population distribution
Physical environment
Mountainous (steep slope or gentle slope?)
Climate (harsh or suitable?)
Availability of water sources
Level of technology
Others factors like:
Easy access of transport
Fertile land (to grow food)
Availability of facilities (post office, bank and shopping centre etc)

Why are some places more densely populated than others? Greenland Netherlands (Holland) Nepal Papua New Guinea Bangladesh Singapore

Population density
refers to number of people living in a unit area of land.
Total number of people
Total land area

Newspaper experiment

Homework
What causes birth rate to increase/ decrease?
What causes death rate to increase/ decrease?

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