Population Video.:1. According to the video, who or what might be the biggest threat to planet Earth?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?5. What is the United Nations?6. How many people will live on Earth by 2050?7. Where is the greatest population growth going to take place?8. What has kept the world's population in check for most of human history?9. Why did the population boom starting in 1800?Death rates decreased because of medicine.10. What did Malthus say the problem of population growth is?The power of population to keep growing is eventually going to go on to out grow food.11. How many people lack access to safe drinking water in the world?A billion.12. What is the importance of water to people and Earth?To drink and bathe in. to water animals, plants etc.13. Why not just desalinate sea water?14. What did Iowa farmer Norman Borlaug do that helped the world's food supply?15. What are some developed countries doing in developing countries in regards to farming?having farms on other 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?stop consuming so much, expand technology, and reduce population.17. What did China and India do in the 1970's to try to reduce population? Which country was successful?china-only allowed to have one child. or they were fined.india- sterolized people so couldnt have anymore childrenChinas worked better.18. What two things are very important to women(and men as well) in helping bring down the fertility rate?edcuation.and freedom to run their own lives.and Birth Control.
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