What does the term fertility mean in sociology? a. the actual number of children born to a woman or to a population of women b. the number of children living in a family c. the number of deaths in an area d. size of the population e. change in the location of people

The term fertility in sociology means A. the actual number of children born to a woman or population of women.

It is in the discipline of sociology that the number of children a woman has is termed as the fertility of the woman. The same goes for the population of women in a specific place. The number of children a women population has is referred to as the fertility of the entire population.

This is not related to the feudality which is the biological potential of producing offspring. In this sociology, it is useful to study fertility because one can review the factors affecting the population and determine how individuals are affected by the fertility.

no the answer is c only objects touching the earth's surface can be acted upon by an outside force