How many people can live on earth questions:1. According to the video, who or what might be the biggest threat to planet Earth?Human beings.2. What effects does overpopulation have on Earth?3. How does world population growth effect water, food and energy?4. Where is the world's population data held?At the United NAtions in New York City5. What is the United Nations?Where countries coem together to help each other.6. How many people will live on Earth by 2050?9 billion7. Where is the greatest population growth going to take place?India.8. What has kept the world's population in check for most of human history?nature9. Why did the population boom starting in 1800?10. What did Malthus say the problem of population growth is?The power of the population is greater than the power of the earth is produced for man, meaning there is not enough food and water to feed all of us.11. How many people lack access to safe drinking water in the world?more than a billion people. in the next 20 years more than halof of the world could lived in water stressed areas12. What is the importance of water to people and Earth?it helps us produce our needs or wants.13. Why not just desalinate sea water?It is too expensive and uses to much energy and the by products can ruin the oceans.14. What did Iowa farmer Norman Borlaug do that helped the world's food supply?He started the green revolution. He taught farmers how to get the most of their farming. Also made illness resistance crops.15. What are some developed countries doing in developing countries in regards to farming?buying land to produce crops and sending it back to their country or selling it in markets.16. According to the host of the video, what three things must people do to ensure that future generations have enough food and resources?1. stop consuming so many resources2.change technology3.reduce growh of our population.17. What did China and India do in the 1970's to try to reduce population? Which country was successful?China-had the 1 child per family law.India-had men get a disectamie18. What two things are very important to women(and men as well) in helping bring down the fertility rate?1.education2.Freedom to have their own lives
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