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If both the birth rate and death rate are falling, but the gap between them is narrowing, what may happen to the growth rate?

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Correct answer: The growth rate may slow down

The correct answer is B: the growth rate may slow down. Natural population growth depends mainly on the difference between the birth rate and the death rate. If both rates decline but the difference between them becomes smaller, fewer births remain above deaths, so natural growth tends to decrease. For example, a fall from 30 births and 10 deaths to 18 births and 8 deaths reduces the gap from 20 to 10, even though both rates have fallen. Option A is wrong because a narrowing gap does not support very rapid growth. Option B is correct because the smaller gap generally means slower natural growth. Option C is wrong because a smaller growth rate does not make the population immediately zero. Option D is wrong because nothing in the information proves that migration will increase. Memory cue: for natural growth, compare the gap, not just whether each rate is rising or falling.

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