Thursday, August, 25, 2011

[Emily Behrend]

Class started off by reviewing the states and capitals and learned a few more. We talked about Student Right's kind of, and also we talked about Hurricane Irene. Steve Jobs was the CEO of Apple, he resigned yesterday. He was the person who was held conferences and announced new product. He also launched Pixar until they joined with Disney. He resigned CEO and if Apple accepted he would be the chairman of the board. Which he is. Mr. Bruns read an article on Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. iTunes started 10 years ago, as did the iPod. People wanted a full investigation of Jobs' health, because in 2008 his health went way down. In 2010 he introduced the iPad. After talking about Steve, we went on to talk about poplulation.
~Define birth rate: The amount of children born per 1,000 people.
~Define fertility rate: How many babies each woman would have in their life time.
~Define death rate: How many people die per 1,000 people.
~Define population growth rate: How quick the world is growing in population.
~Define rate of natural increase: Births minus deaths equal natural increase/
~Define population density: How many people there are in a square mile.
~Define life expectancy: How long people are expected to live.
~Define carrying capacity: How many people the Earth can sustain, before it falls apart.
~What are the most populated countries in the world? 2011- China, India, United States, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Russian, and Japan. 2050- India, China, Nigeria, United States, Pakistan, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Ethiopia, and Philippines.
In many countries the girls are second class, because they want boys.
~What are the most populated metropolitan areas in the world? Tokyo, Guangzhou, Seoul, Delhi, Mumbai, Mexico City, Sao Paulo, Manila, and Shanghai.