1. According to the video, who or what might be the biggest threat to planet Earth?
Ourselves
2. What effects does overpopulation have on Earth?
Less food need water shelter
3. How does world population growth effect water, food and energy?
It is more people to feed and more jobs to make.
4. Where is the world's population data held?
it held at United Nations
5. What is the United Nations?
world wide peace place
6. How many people will live on Earth by 2050?
9 billion
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?
nature
9. Why did the population boom starting in 1800?
death rate goes down
10. What did Malthus say the problem of population growth is?
the power of population is greater than food
11. How many people lack access to safe drinking water in the world?
1billion
12. What is the importance of water to people and Earth?
To drink only way to live is with water
13. Why not just desalinate sea water?
it will kill the sea
14. What did Iowa farmer Norman Borlaug do that helped the world's food supply?
how to get more food out of there crops
15. What are some developed countries doing in developing countries in regards to farming?
farming for them self's on other lands.
16. According to the host of the video, what three things must people do to ensure that future generations have enough food and resources?
Technological stop eating so much reduce population
17. What did China and India do in the 1970's to try to reduce population? Which country was successful?
you can only have one child
18. What two things are very important to women(and men as well) in helping bring down the fertility rate?
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