1. POPULATIONS: CHARACTERISTICS AND ISSUES OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson you should be able to: 1.Understand that birthrate and death rate are both important in determining the population grouwh rate. 2.Identify the factors that limit population size 3. Understand Reproductive Strategies and Population Fluctuations.

2. 4. Understand Hunger, food production, and environmental degradation

3. POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS