TextBook Solutions for Jammu and Kashmir State Board of School Education Class 8 Social Science Resource And Development Chapter 6 Human Resources

Why are people considered a resource?

What are the causes for the uneven distribution of population in the world?

The world population has grown very rapidly. Why?

Discuss the role of any two factors influencing population change.

What is meant by population composition?

What are population pyramids? How do they help in understanding about the population of a country?

Which does the term population distribution refer to?

• How population in a specified area changes over time

• The number of people who die in relation to the number of people born in a specified area

• The way in which people are spread across a given area.

Which are three main factors that cause population change?

• Births, deaths and marriages

• Births, deaths and migration

• Births, deaths and life expectancy

In 1999, the world population reached

• 1 billion

• 3 billion

• 6 billion

What is a population pyramid?

• A graphical presentation of the age, sex composition of a population.

• When the population density of an area is so high that people live in tall buildings.

• Pattern of population distribution in large urban areas.