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Grade 10 Population

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Grade 10 Geography population questions cover population structure, growth and movement. The questions here ask you to define terms such as birth rate, life expectancy and population density, read population pyramids and the demographic transition model, explain push and pull factors, migration and refugees, and discuss the impact of HIV/Aids and xenophobia. They come from the Eastern Cape Grade 10 Geography Paper 1 for November 2018 and November 2019 and the November 2020 exemplar Paper 2, each with the answer from the marking guideline.

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3.3.1 Define the term population.

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Population is the total number of people within a given area; .

The term 'population' refers to the total number of people who live in a specific area. This area can be as small as a neighborhood or as large as a country or even the entire world. The definition captures the essence of counting all individuals within the boundaries of the defined area. This is important in geography for understanding how people are distributed across different regions.

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3.2.1 Choose the description that matches this term: Birth rate

AThe way people are spread out over an areaBThe number of deaths per 1 000 population per yearCNumber of children who die before they reach age 5DThe number of babies born per 1 000 population per yearEThe number of people per square kmFA person who moves to a foreign countryGCalculated by finding the difference between birth rate and death rateHAverage number of years a person can be expected to liveIAverage number of children per woman

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Mixing up push and pull factors. Push factors make people leave a place; pull factors attract them to a new place.
Confusing birth rate and growth rate. The growth rate is the difference between the birth rate and the death rate.
Mixing up emigration and immigration. Emigrants leave a country; immigrants arrive in one.

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