Question

Which of the following is characteristic of the second stage within a demographic transition? A. The birth rate and death rate are equally high. B. The birth rate continues to climb to meet the death rate. C. The birth rate falls to meet the death rate. D. The death rate begins to fall, but birth rates remain high for a time.

Answer 1

Here's a graph showing the stages. 
Look closely at the second stage-- the death rate is low but the birth rate is high. 
It's D. The death rate begins to fall, but birth rates remain high for a time.

Answer 2

The right option; D. The death rate begins to fall, but birth rates remain high for a time.

The demographic transition is a model that describes population change in terms of fertility, mortality and growth rates as the population migrate from one demographic system to another over time. There are four stages within a demographic transition. The second stage is characterized by a decline in the death rate but the birth rate remain high which result in rapid population growth.