The Term Used to Describe the Average Number of Children

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Short Answer

The term used to describe the average number of children a woman in a country is likely to have during her reproductive years is:

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Definitions:

Divergent Boundary

A tectonic plate boundary where two plates are moving away from each other, often resulting in the creation of new oceanic crust.

Subduction Zone

A region where one tectonic plate moves under another, often causing earthquakes and volcanic activity.

Convergent Boundary

A convergent boundary is a type of tectonic plate boundary where two plates move toward each other, often resulting in mountain building, earthquakes, and volcanic activity.

Plate Boundaries

The edges where two tectonic plates meet, characterized by seismic and volcanic activity, along which plates move apart, together or past each other.