Answer the following questions:
1. What is meant by the term 'population'? How does it act as a resource?
2. What do you understand by 'optimum population'?
3. State the impact of overpopulation on the available resources of the area.
4. Explain how is overpopulation one of the reasons for the occurrence of hu
5. List any three areas in the world which are underpopulated and the reason
6. State two positive and two negative effects of underpopulation.
7. How does sex ratio reveal the status of women in a country?
8. What is a population pyramid?
IV. Structured Question
(a) How does population act as a resource?
(b) What is the significance of a population pyramid?
Answers
Answer:
1. The term population refers to all the people who live in a particular area.
2.Optimum population is a concept where the human population is able to balance balance maximum population size.
3.People are homeless, unemployment and proverty - stricken and are forced to live on the streets.
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6.Positive effects :
(i) Their are lower levels of poverty.
(ii) Lower rates of environment degradation
Negative effects :
(i) Their are fewer taxpayers, leaders to low income for the government.
(ii) The lack of adequate labour leads to low productivity.
7.Gender discrimimation is widespread and women are considered to have a lower status in society. Killing of girls in the womb.
8.A population pyramid is a specially designed diagram that show the age and sex composition of a population.