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How many people are there roughly in the world today?
5.4 Billion
6.8 Billion
7.7 Billion
By 2050 there will be about ...............people in the world
When there is overpopulation?
When there are people in excess and damage the environment.
When there are many people in the same environment.
When there are few people in the same environment
Name the population policy China has adopted to reduce its population growth rate.
One child policy
Three or more policy
Explain the consequences if the country is overpopulated. (Hint: you can tick more than one answer)
Shortage of food. People in overpopulated country suffer from poor health and malnourished so this reduces food productions as less number of people works in primary sector.
Inadequate infrastructures. The governments are not able to provide good infrastructures and services such as school, hospitals, clinics.
Shortage of houses. They live in squatter settlements. They cannot afford to own a good house so they build their own houses from scrap materials like metal sheets and woods which lack of services such as sanitation, water and electricity.
Bad traffic congestion. People own vehicles and commute to work daily. Traffic congestion especially during working hours cause people to be late and not punctual to work/school. Overuse of vehicles, increases air and water pollutions. Increase smokes release to air from carbon dioxide released from factories and car exhaust fumes.
Increase crime rates. People are jobless, end up to do crimes eg robbery and theft to support themselves.
What is the meaning of underpopulation?
There are few people to support the current economic activities of the areas.
Too many people and not enough resources.
Number of people living in a unit area of land.
One child policy, China
__________ happens when there are too many people living in an area.
A. population
B. overpopulation
C. community
D. A &B are correct
What are the effects of overpopulation?
A. There's a lot of pollution in big cities.
B. One cause is that people's life expectancy has increased.
C. Yes, it does.
D. Because there are too many cars.
Which one of these is not a reason for the rapid population growth?
Increased Birth Rate
Poverty
Increased Death Rate
Easy Access to Essential Resources
Advances in medicine and in farming have increased
human population growth
biodiversity
renewable resources
exotic species
The maximum size of a population that an ecosystem can support is called _________________________________.
overflow amount
holding pattern
full support
carrying capacity
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