How Many People Can Earth Support?
What Factors Influence the Size of the Human Population?
What are the Effects of Urbanization on the Environment?
How can Cities be More Sustainable?
100
The number of births in a given area at a specific time.
What is fertility?
100
(T/F) Women are having fewer babies, but the world's population is still growing.
(Choose True or False as an answer)
What is true?
100
The movement of people from rural areas toward urban areas, such as cities, is known as...
What is urbanization?
100
A city that is built for people rather than cars.
What is an eco-city?
200
When a population has more births than deaths, it is said to be ____________.
What is growing or increasing?
200
The average number of babies born to a woman of childbearing age is known as...
What is TFR (Total Fertility Rate)?
200
(T/F) The number of people living in urban areas has begun to stagnate, as people shift more toward rural spaces.
(Choose True or False as an answer)
What is false?
200
Why is having publicly available bicycles to rent beneficial to the environment of a city? (Pictured here are the Bright Bikes, available for rent in West Palm Beach)
Bicycles produce 0 carbon emissions, which is great for the environment
300
What does the following formula describe?
(births + immigration) - (deaths + emigration) = ???
What is population change?
300
______________ ___________________ is the average age a person born in a certain year can be expected to live.
What is life expectancy?
300
Urban Sprawl is made up of low density development. What does this mean?
Low density development uses lots of land for small numbers of people
300
What are some negatives for using cars?
(Many possible answers)
1. Air pollution
2. Traffic Accidents
3. Wildlife collisions
4. Land is destroyed for roads and parking lots
400
T/F More Developed Countries (MDCs) are growing at a much faster rate than Less Developed Countries (LDCs).
(Choose True or False as your answer)
False!
LDCs are growing 14x faster than MDCs
400
Japan is a country where around 29% of the population is above the age of 65. It's population is expected to shrink by 22% by 2050. Why do aging populations tend to decline over time?
Because elderly people can't have children to replace them.
400
New York has a population of 20.1 million people living in the New York Metropolitan Area. Cities with populations above 10 million are known as...
What is a megacity?
400
Fill in the blanks: Cities are _________ density because they grow ______.
Suburbs are ___________ density because they grow __________.
(Word Bank: up, low, out, high)
Cities are high density because they grow UP.
Suburbs are low density because they grow OUT.
500
Is the human population growth rate increasing or decreasing based on the graph? When did the growth rate peak?
The growth rate is decreasing. The growth rate peaked during 1960.
500
How can the population growth of LDCs (less developed countries) be reduced?
(3 possible answers)
1. Reduce Poverty
2. Educate and Employ women
3. Family Planning Services
500
Why is vegetation, such as trees, so valuable for people living in urban areas?
What is trees help to cool urban areas by providing shade, transpire to bring rain, and improve people's mental health
500
Eco-cities promote walking and bicycles as methods for transportation. What is one way this might benefit the people living there?
(Many possible answers)
1. Walking and cycling are healthy (+ healthy population)
2. Exercise improves mental health (+ healthy population)
3. Less greenhouse gas emissions produced (+ healthy population)
4. Healthy people need less medical care (- medical expenses)
5. Walking and cycling provide opportunities to make friends (+ happy population)