If deaths are high and people are moving out of an area, what can happen?

Correct answer: Population may decrease

The correct answer is A: population may decrease. Deaths remove people from a population, and out-migration removes residents who move to another area. When both losses are high, the number of people living in the area can fall, especially if births and in-migration do not compensate for those losses. Option A is correct because it describes the likely direction without claiming certainty about missing data. Option B is wrong because high deaths and outward movement generally reduce population rather than make it grow rapidly. Option C is wrong because people moving out does not guarantee that new people will move in. Option D is wrong because the birth rate does not automatically double when deaths or out-migration rise. Remember that population change includes births, deaths, immigration, and emigration. A simple memory cue is: births and in-migration add people; deaths and out-migration take people away. The word “may” is appropriate because the exact result depends on the size of every flow.