Across
- 2. The ratio is the measure of the dependents (non-working) portion of the population (age groups 0-14 and 65+) compared to the total independent (working) portion of the population ( 15 - 64 years). The ratio is expressed as the number of dependents per hundred people in the workforce. Also referred to as total dependency ratio.
- 6. industry such as mining, agriculture, fishing or forestry that are harvesting raw materials.
- 8. The study of how and why populations change in size and how they can be managed.
- 10. The difference between the number of people entering a country (immigration) and the number of people leaving a country (emigration).
- 12. The number of people living in a square kilometre (or other unit of area).
- 14. The number of infant deaths for every 1000 live births, of children under the age of one.
- 15. A policy that discourages human reproduction.
- 17. The number of deaths per thousand people in the population, per year.
- 19. A policy that promotes human reproduction.
- 20. The number of live births per thousand people in the population, per year. Also known as the crude birth rate as it does not take age or gender into account.
- 22. When water soaks into soils, removing the minerals and nutrients and reducing their ability to support plant life.
- 23. To move into an area or region in order to settle down and live.
- 24. A population with a high percentage of young people (15 years or younger).
- 27. Industry that converts raw materials such as farming or mining products into products for sale. The manufacturing industry.
- 28. The ratio where the number of old dependents (age 65+) in a population, people older than 64 in relation to the working-age population (15 - 64 years old) as a ratio. The ratio is expressed as the total number of old dependents per hundred people in the workforce.
Down
- 1. The change in the size of a population due to birth rates, death rates and net migration rates.
- 3. The movement of peoples from one place in the world to another.
- 4. The number of children, per 1000 live births, that die under the age of five in a population in a year.
- 5. The way in which the population is spread out across a given area.
- 7. The change in the size of a population due to birth and death rates.
- 9. The number of males and females within different age groups in a given population.
- 11. the ratio that is a measure of the young dependents (age 0 – 14) in a population, people younger than the age of 15 in relation to the working–age population (15 - 64 years old) as a ratio.
- 13. The average age that a new-born child is expected to live to.
- 16. The difference between the birth rates and death rates, and the change in numbers due to migration, in a population.
- 18. A population with a high percentage of old people (aged 65 years or older).
- 21. The difference between the birth rates and death rates in a population; natural increase differs from overall increase.
- 25. To leave one community or area in order to settle in another area.
- 26. These are factors that are causing people to leave an area. They may include factors such as war, drought, floods or the lack of housing, food, education, jobs or a poor standard of living.