Posted by 4Tiffany on September 19, 2011 at 11:21am
Today obama's gonna pass a plan that cuts our debt for 3 trillion. Graduated income tax is when the more money you make the more tax you pay.Questions;1. According to the video, who or what might be the biggest threat to planet Earth?Humans2. What effects does overpopulation have on Earth?Less food and water, natrual resources, deforestation.3. How does world population growth effect water, food and energy?The more people there are the less food, water, and energy because more people will need it.4. Where is the world's population data held?United Nations in New York.5. What is the United Nations?NATO6. How many people will live on Earth by 2050?9 billion7. Where is the greatest population growth going to take place?The least developed countries. like africa.8. What has kept the world's population in check for most of human history?Nature we get diseases droughts famin and natural disasters.9. Why did the population boom starting in 1800?Control of death rates because of medicine.10. What did Malthus say the problem of population growth is?population is going to grow so much that we wont have enough resources spefically food.11. How many people lack access to safe drinking water in the world?over one billion12. What is the importance of water to people and Earth?We need it to stay alive, so do our animals, and to water our plants so we have food too. We would die without water.13. Why not just desalinate sea water?Uses a lot of energy and biprodcuts could be damaging to our seas.14. What did Iowa farmer Norman Borlaug do that helped the world's food supply?Saved millions of lives during what is known as the green revolution.15. What are some developed countries doing in developing countries in regards to farming?buying land and farming it and sending it back to the buyers counrty and not selling to the counrty where they are farming the land16. According to the host of the video, what three things must people do to ensure that future generations have enough food and resources?1. change our technology2. stop consuming so many resources3. stop the rapid growth of our population17. What did China and India do in the 1970's to try to reduce population? Which country was successful?Told them they couldnt have more than one child in China. In india they were pretty much forcing vesectamies upon them.18. What two things are very important to women(and men as well) in helping bring down the fertility rate?Education and Contriception.
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