Starter quiz
- What is the term for the number of people living in a specific area?
- Population ✓
- Density
- Growth rate
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- What is population growth?
- The increase in the number of people living in an area ✓
- The decrease in the number of people living in an area
- The movement of people from one country to another
- The total number of jobs in an area
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- ______ is the movement of people from one place to another.
- 'Migration' ✓
- Which continent is expected to see the largest population growth in the next few decades?
- Europe
- North America
- Asia
- Africa ✓
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- What is climate change?
- A large-scale and long-term change in the planet’s climate ✓
- Heatwaves
- If it is rainy, sunny, or windy each day
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- What is a drought?
- A period of more rainfall than expected
- A period of less rainfall than expected ✓
- A period of time with tropical storms
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Exit quiz
- Population ______ is the number of people living in a defined area, e.g. 300 people per square kilometre.
- 'density' ✓
- Which continent is predicted to have the biggest decrease in population from 2020 - 2100?
- Africa
- Asia
- Europe ✓
- Oceania
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- The impacts of climate change can result in people moving from one place to a different place. This movement of people is know as ...
- migration ✓
- population
- urban
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- How might tropical storms influence population?
- there isn't enough water for people to grow crops
- homes, schools and farms destroyed ✓
- increasing frequency, making them happen more often so areas are no longer safe ✓
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Key learning points
- There are different theories about how population will change in the future.
- The population of some places around the world is likely to significantly increase.
- The population of some places around the world is likely to decrease.
- Climate change will have an impact on the movement of people around the world.
Common misconception
World population increses equally across the globe.
Population is expected to increase in some parts of the world but in other areas the population is expected to decrease.
Keywords
Population density - the number of people living in a defined area, e.g. 300 people per square kilometre
Climate change - a large-scale and long-term change in the planet’s climate, including weather patterns and average temperatures
Migration - moving from one place to another with the intention of staying there
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