1. According to the video, who or what might be the biggest threat to planet Earth?2. What effects does overpopulation have on Earth?Less food and less clean water to drink3. How does world population growth effect water, food and energy?There will be less food, water, and energy4. Where is the world's population data held?New York City5. 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?The less developed countries8. What has kept the world's population in check for most of human history?9. Why did the population boom starting in 1800?Control of death rates10. What did Malthus say the problem of population growth is?The power of population is indefinatly graeter than the power in the earth can produce11. How many people lack access to safe drinking water in the world?More than 1 billion12. What is the importance of water to people and Earth?We water to live13. Why not just desalinate sea water?A lot of energy and money and it could damage our seas14. 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?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 many resourses, change technology, stop growth17. What did China and India do in the 1970's to try to reduce population? Which country was successful?Made a 1 child policy. China was seccessful18. What two things are very important to women(and men as well) in helping bring down the fertility rate?Conterception
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