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If birth rate is falling but age structure is very young, which idea is most useful while assessing population growth?

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Correct answer: Population momentum

Direct answer: A, population momentum, is the useful idea. A population’s age structure affects future growth, not only its current birth rate. If a large share of people are young, many may soon enter the childbearing ages. Even when each woman has fewer children and the birth rate is falling, the large number of potential parents can keep the number of births substantial for some time. This continuing growth caused by the existing age composition is called population momentum. It does not mean that growth will continue forever or that birth rates are rising; it means past demographic patterns have created a young population that influences the near future. B, C, and D concern soil, sea movement, and physical landform processes, not demographic growth. Memory cue: a young age structure can keep growth moving after the birth rate starts falling.

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Population MomentumAge StructureBirth RatePopulation GrowthPopulationGeographyClass 9 Mcq

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