Reid 6 Population Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
demographer | scientist who studies human populations |
birth rate | number of live births per 1,000 people in a year |
death rate | number of deaths per 1,000 people in a year |
infant mortality rate | number of infant deaths per 1,000 births |
population distribution | spreading of people over an area of land |
population density | measure of the number of people per unit of land |
migration | movement of people from one place to another |
emigrate | to migrate out of a place |
immigrate | to migrate into a place |
push factor | cause of migration that pushes people to leave their home country |
pull factor | cause of migration that pulls,or attracts,people to new countries |
urban | located in cities |
rural | settlement in the country |
urbanization | movement of people from rural to urban areas |
slum | poor, overcrowded urban neighborhood |
suburban sprawl | spread of suburbs away from the core city |
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