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Today Mr.Schick is in Maine for a wedding, so in class we watched a video and had to answer questions on our blogs
1. According to the Population Reference Bureau's "2013 World Population Data Sheet", 271 are born every minute, and 106 die every minute. That's a global net population increase of 165 per minute. This lesson was published on May 5th. What's the estimated global population increase exactly one week later (May 12th)? 
C:1155
2. As a country slows in population growth, its pyramid shape will  A: become wider at the base and narrower at the top 
  B: be inverted 
3. What does a Population Pyramid NOT give you information about? 
D: Death rates 
4. Which continent would have the most fast-growth pyramids?
A: Africa