Thursday, August 24, 2011

We started off class by going over some more of the states. We practiced more of the states like the southwest states. Student's Freedom of Speech Rights was also a topic we talked about. A storm surge is where there is a lot of flooding in an area that comes with bad storms like hurricanes. We talked about things that we would need if there was a severe storm coming such as a hurricane. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak were cofounders of Apple. Steve Jobs is in really bad health now. He was also the cofounder of Pixar. He is resigning of CEO of Apple and he is becoming Chairman of the Board. He was diagnosed with a rare form of pancreatic cancer. In 2008 his health when south. And yesterday he resigned from his job as CEO to be the Chairman of the Board.We talked about poplulation again. 7 billion people live in the world. 312 million people live in the USA. 3 million people live in Iowa. 12 thousand people live in Shelby county. 5,000 people live in Harlan.Birthrate is how many people are born per 1,000 people.Fertility rate is how many babies each woman has in her life.Death rate is how many people die per 1,000 people.Population growth rate is how quickly population is increasing.Rate of natural increase is births minus deaths.Population density is how many people there are in a square mile.Life expectancy is how long people are expected to live.Carrying capacity is how much people the earth can sustain before it starts running out of stuff.The most populated countries in the world are:ChinaIndiaUnited StatesIndonesiaBrazilPakastanNigeriaBangledeshRussiaJapan
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