Practice Definition (3.1) - Population Dynamics (Distribution, Density, Migration)

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Lesson 3.1Population Dynamics (Distribution, Density, Migration)

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Question 1.
Define migration.
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Think about a change of home, not just a journey.
Question 2.
Who is an emigrant and who is an immigrant?
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E for exit, I for in.
3Question 3.
Which of these is an example of migration?
- A student travelling daily to school in the next town
- A family moving from a village to a city to settle there
- Tourists visiting a hill station for a week
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Look for a change of home.
4Question 4.
For India, a person who leaves India to live in Canada is:
- An immigrant
- An emigrant
- A commuter
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E for exit.
Question 5.
A city of 1,000,000 people records 18,000 births, 6,000 deaths, 40,000 people moving in and 12,000 moving out in one year. Find the city's population at the end of the year and the percentage of its growth that came from migration.
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Find both parts of the growth before working out the percentage.
Question 6.
A student says: "My uncle goes from Bihar to Punjab every year for about three months to work on the wheat harvest, and then he comes home. That cannot be migration, because he returns." Is the student right? Explain.
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Check the uncle's move against the three parts of the definition.

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