Barrons AP Environmental Science

(Marvins-Underground-K-12) #1

  1. (A) Diagram A, also known as an expansive pyramid, shows a broad base,
    indicating a high proportion of children, a rapid rate of population growth,
    and a low proportion of older people. A steady upward narrowing shows that
    more people die at each higher age band. This type of pyramid indicates a
    population in which there is a high birth rate, a high death rate, and a short
    life expectancy. This is the typical pattern for less economically-developed
    countries, due to little access to and incentive to use birth control, negative
    environmental factors (e.g., lack of clean water), and poor access to health
    care.

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