Starter quiz
- What is a rural area?
- A region with many towns and cities
- A region with natural features that may be remote and have few towns ✓
- A place that has many transport links
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- What is an urban area?
- A region characterised by high population density and vast human features ✓
- A region with agricultural activities
- A region with natural landscapes
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- The number of people living in a defined area is know as ...
- population increase.
- population decrease.
- population distribution.
- population density. ✓
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- A place like a city which has many people living in it, is said to be ...
- sparsely populated.
- densely populated. ✓
- evenly populated.
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- How people are spread out in a geographical area is known as ...
- population distribution. ✓
- population density.
- population growth.
- population statistics.
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- The ______, e.g. temperature and rainfall, can affect the population of an area.
- 1⇔C
- 2⇔L
- 3⇔I
- 4⇔M
- 5⇔A
- 6⇔T
- 7⇔E
Exit quiz
- What is population density?
- The way people are spread across an area
- The number of people living per unit of area ✓
- The number of people in a country
- The number of households in an area
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- What does it mean when an area is sparsely populated?
- The area has a high number of people living in it
- The area has a moderate number of people
- The area has few people living in it ✓
- The area has an even distribution of people
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- Which of these statements are correct?
- More people live in areas with extreme temperatures
- Moderate climates tend to attract more people ✓
- Only tropical climates have high populations
- Cold regions have the most dense populations
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- Which of these is a human factor affecting population density?
- Climate
- Technology ✓
- Soil
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- Why do cities have dense populations?
- Jobs and other economic opportunities ✓
- Lack of water
- Remote location
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- Which region is most likely to have a sparse population?
- New York City
- Sahara Desert ✓
- Tokyo
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Key learning points
- Population is unevenly spread across the world.
- Human and physical factors can affect population density.
- A sparse population means that an area has few people relative to its size; rural areas have sparse populations.
- A dense population means that an area has a large amount of people relative to its size; cities are densely populated.
Common misconception
Population density is the same everywhere.
This misconception arises because students may not realise that geographical factors vary widely. Address this by comparing different regions.
Keywords
Population density - the number of people living in a defined area, e.g. 300 people per square kilometre
Sparse population - an area with relatively few people living in it
Dense population - an area with a high number of people living in it
Distribution - how people are spread out across a geographic area
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