Friday, September 16

[4Savanna]

Today we are finishing the video.Mr Bruns is grading websites monday so make sure everything is done.1. According to the video, who or what might be the biggest threat to planet Earth?humans and their population2. What effects does overpopulation have on Earth?pollution3. How does world population growth effect water, food and energy?4. Where is the world's population data held?in the united nations5. What is the United Nations?6. How many people will live on Earth by 2050?9 billion7. Where is the greatest population growth going to take place?least developed countries in the world8. What has kept the world's population in check for most of human history?9. Why did the population boom starting in 1800?because of control in death rates.10. What did Malthus say the problem of population growth is?the power of population is more powerful than the amount of resources avaliable11. How many people lack access to safe drinking water in the world?1 billion people12. What is the importance of water to people and Earth?13. Why not just desalinate sea water?very expense and use a lot of energy and by products can be damaging to our seas.14. What did Iowa farmer Norman Borlaug do that helped the world's food supply?devieloped disease resistant crops and tought some countries how to use them.15. What are some developed countries doing in developing countries in regards to farming?teaching them how to farm their land and the ntaking the profits back to their home countries.16. According to the host of the video, what three things must people do to ensure that future generations have enough food and resources?start consuming less resources, use different technology, and reduce the growth of our population.17. What did China and India do in the 1970's to try to reduce population? Which country was successful?set up vesectamy stations being set up around those countries for a little bit of money. 8 million people were sterilized and it brought down the government.18. What two things are very important to women(and men as well) in helping bring down the fertility rate?educated and freedom to run their own lives