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Questions:
1. Vital Statistics and Growth Rate
a) What is the crude birth rate and what is the formula for calculating it?
b) What is the crude death rate and what is the formula for calculating it?
c) What is the net migration rate and how do you calculate it?
d)What is the growth rate?
e) How do you calculate the growth rate?
f) Why are these rates important and what can they tell us about a society?
2.Dependency ratios:
a) What is the dependency ratio?
b) What is the elder dependency ratio?
c) What is the child dependency ratio?
d) What do these measures tell us about a population?
e) Is the dependency ratio possible to understand when looking at a population pyramid?
f) Why/why not? (your reasoning for your answer is 'e' above)
3). Compare and contrast Auto-Immune Theory and Free Radical Theory
a) Explain Auto-Immune Theory
b) Explain Free Radical Theory
c) Compare and contrast the two theories above on their main focus
d) Which theory (either one of the two above, or another that you choose) explains the biological aging of people in the best way
4.Describe external and internal aging processes
a) Explain two of the external aging processes that affect the outline of the body
b) Example two of the internal processes that affect systems/organs/etc. inside the body
c) Which of the theories of biological aging do you think best explains the process of aging and its effect on the body both internally and externally.
d)Give a foundation and explain your answer.