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Human Resources in Geography Class 8

People are considered the most important resource because they transform natural resources into usable goods and services. The distribution of population worldwide is uneven due to geographical and social factors. Geographical factors that influence population density include topography and access to water. Social factors include economic opportunities and quality of life considerations. The world's population has grown rapidly due to advances in agriculture, medicine, and healthcare that have increased food production and life expectancy. Population change is influenced by birth and death rates. Population composition and population pyramids provide information about the age and sex breakdown of a country's population.

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Human Resources in Geography Class 8

People are considered the most important resource because they transform natural resources into usable goods and services. The distribution of population worldwide is uneven due to geographical and social factors. Geographical factors that influence population density include topography and access to water. Social factors include economic opportunities and quality of life considerations. The world's population has grown rapidly due to advances in agriculture, medicine, and healthcare that have increased food production and life expectancy. Population change is influenced by birth and death rates. Population composition and population pyramids provide information about the age and sex breakdown of a country's population.

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  • Human Resources in Geography: Explores why people are considered a crucial resource, examining factors like population distribution and geographical impacts.
  • Population Growth and Composition: Covers aspects of global population growth, demographic changes, and composition influences.
  • Population Distribution: Explores concepts related to how populations are spread geographically and factors influencing this.
  • Factors Influencing Population: Highlights contributing factors such as climate, resources, and living conditions affecting population density.

Geography chapter-(human

resources)
Solutions by quanta learning
academy:-
1. Answer the following questions.
(i) Why are people considered a resource?
Answer:- People are the greatest resource of the
nation. All other resources of nature become
significant only when people extract its usefulness. It
is people with their demands and abilities that turn
them into resources. Hence, human resource is the
ultimate resource.
(ii) What are the causes for the uneven distribution of
population in the world?
Answer:-Population distribution in the world is
uneven because of the two factors Geographical and
Social factors.
Geographical factors include.
• Topography: People prefer living on plains rather
than mountains and plateaus because these
areas are suitable for farming, manufacturing
and service activities. The Ganga plains are the
most densely populated area of the world, while
mountains like Andes, Alps and Himalayas are
sparsely populated.
• Water: People prefer living in areas where fresh
water is easily available. The river valleys of the
world are the densely populated regions, while
deserts have spare population.
Social Factors include:
• Social: Areas of better housing, education and
health facilities are more densely populated. (For
example: Pune)
• Economic: Industrial areas provide employment
opportunities. Large number of people are
attracted to these areas. Osaka in Japan and
Mumbai in India are two densely populated
areas.
(iii) The world population has grown very rapidly.
Why?
Answer:-The world population has not been stable
and has increased manifold due to advancements in
science and technology. Science and Technology has
increased food production and development in
healthcare facilities has helped in reducing death rate.
(iv) Discuss the role of any two factors influencing
population change.
Answer:-Two factors influencing the change in
population are birth rate and death rate. Birth rate is
the number of births per 1,000 people and death rate
is the number of deaths per 1,000 people. Births and
deaths are the natural causes of population change.
When the birth rate is more than the death rate, it
means that the population is increasing and vice-
versa. The difference between the birth rate and the
death rate of a country is called the natural growth
rate.
(v) What is meant by population composition?
Answer:-Population composition refers to the
structure of the population. The composition of the
population helps us know how many are males or
females, which age group they belong to, how
educated they are, what type of occupations they are
employed in and what their income levels and health
conditions are. An interesting way of studying the
population composition of a country is by looking at
the population pyramid, also called an age-sex
pyramid.
(vi) What are population pyramids? How do they help
in understanding about the population of a country?
Answer:-The graphical representation used to study
the composition of a country’s population is called the
population pyramid. It shows the total population
divided into various age groups, percentage of the
total population subdivided into males and females
and the number of dependents in a country. When the
population of a country has high birth and death
rates, the population pyramid is broad at the base
and narrow towards the top.
2. Tick the correct answer.
(i) What does the term ‘population distribution’ refer
to?
a) How the population in a specified area changes
over time.
b) The number of people who die in relation to the
number of people born in a specified area.
c) The way in which people are spread across a
given area.
Answer:- (c) The way in which people are spread
across a given area
(ii) Which are three main factors that cause
population change?
(a) Births, deaths and marriage
(b) Births, deaths and migration
(c) Births, deaths and life expectancy
Answer:- (b) Births, deaths and migration.
(iii) In 1999, the world population reached
(a) 1 billion
(b) 3 billion
(c) 6 billion
Answer:- (c) 6 billion
(iv) What is a population pyramid?
(a) A graphical presentation of the age, sex
composition of a population.
(b) When the population density of an area is so high
that people live in tall buildings.
(c) Pattern of population distribution in large urban
areas.
Answer:- (a) A graphical presentation of the age, sex
composition of a population
3. Complete the sentences below using some of the
following words.
Answer:- When people are attracted to an area, it
becomes densely populated, Factors that influence
this include favourable climate; good supplies
of natural resources and fertile land.

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