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What patterns do you see?. POPULATION PYRAMIDS (Age Structure Diagrams). oldest. males. females. youngest. Janet Hall, Bethany Public Schools. A population pyramid is easier to read if you see that it’s really just two combined bar graphs. oldest. males. females. youngest.
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What patterns do you see? POPULATION PYRAMIDS (Age Structure Diagrams) oldest males females youngest Janet Hall, Bethany Public Schools
A population pyramid is easier to read if you see that it’s really just two combined bar graphs. oldest males females youngest http://geographyfieldwork.com/PopulationStructure.htm
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Most less developed countries have a high birth rate. http://myloksatta.blogspot.com/2009/04/do-you-know.html
Challenges: jobs, housing, education, medical care Poor countries often have a high birth rate. Mali, Africa, has a high birth rate. Countries with high birth rates have problems associated with fast population growth. http://appropriateprojects.com/images/biel/map_africa_mali.jpg
Many highly developed, wealthy countries have populations that are growing very slowly, holding steady, or even shrinking. http://www.liveandlearn.com/corolle/classicumbrellastrollerempty.jpg
Japan has a low birth rate. Countries with low birth rates have many elderly people compared to children. What challenges might a country face when they have a growing population of elderly people? http://fertilityrates.info/2008/03/20/population-pyramids/
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Australia almost has a steady birth rate. Countries close to steady birth rates usually avoid population-related problems.
This United States population pyramid shows a “baby boom.” How can the problems of a “baby boom” be similar to that of an aging population?
Photo credits for title page “pyramid” Top row, L to R: http://www.15yearstolife.com/bio.htm, http://epc.utk.edu/LEEDS/debralee.html Second row, L to R: http://sachimaniar.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/smile/, http://www.walltowall.co.uk/catalogue_detail.aspx?w2wprogram=10, http://www.diakon.org/adoption/WaitingChildren.asp. http://czarinatx.blogspot.com/2010_07_01_archive.html, http://adayingrace.blogspot.com/2009/11/ni-hao-yall.html, http://sponsorimpact.wordpress.com/page/4 Third row, L to R: http://kishasworld.com/?cat=3&paged=4, http://sgdeathpenalty.blogspot.com/2009/12/vui-kongs-story.html, http://teenlife.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/10543/teen-face-emily-goldfield-2/, http://www.noblenet.org/swampscott/teenscene/lee-golomb-cadiff-teen-poetry-contest/bottom row, L to R: http://www.mcr2.k12.mo.us/mainpages/pat/index.html, http://www.biracialbabiesrock.com, http://www.wigdahl.net/quern/tag/thomas, http://brittanyandjon.blogspot.com, http://wallpaper.najoomi.com/full-size/2-35/Smiley-Face-Cute-Baby-2048X1536-2.html, http://www.mcr2.k12.mo.us/mainpages/pat/index.html, http://www.provena.org/covenant/body.cfm?id=493, http://owyang.wordpress.com/
This country has a low birth rate and negative population growth. What problems does this create for this country? http://www.mepa.org.mt/Census/Pyr%20Archive/popdesc.htm
http://www.marathon.uwc.edu/geography/demotrans/demtran.htm Which is these is a more economically developed country? http://kilby.sac.on.ca/faculty/akowalts/Web%20Site%2007%2008/Day%20Planners/GEO8-03.htm
What unusual population feature is present in this pyramid? What generally causes a feature like this? What challenges come with this? http://www.uni.edu/gai/Nigeria/Lessons/Population_Pyramid.html