Question

Look at the fig. and answer the questions that follow:

• What does the image show?
• What happens to the population when deaths are more than births?
• What happens to the population when births are more than deaths?
• What happens when both are same? Is it possible?

Answer 1

• The image shows the relationship between birth rate and death rate and how they affect population growth.
• When the death rate is higher than the birth rate, the population decreases.
• When the birth rate is higher than the death rate, the population increases.
• When the birth rate and death rate are equal, the population remains nearly stable. Yes, it is possible for a population to show very little or no natural growth when births and deaths are almost equal.