1. Challenges of Overpopulation
By: Keondra Holland and Traci Witcher!
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2. 13.3 Challenges of Overpopulation
Objectives:
Relate how overpopulation affects natural resources, energy demands, and biodiversity.
Hypothesize how the availability of resources affects population growth

3. Affects of Overpopulation
Rapid population growth directly affects the global ecosystem. Why?
An increase in population places a greater demand on
the space needed to sustain large numbers of people.
natural resources, such as minerals, fuels and food.

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5. How Humans are Affected
Human health problems
More crowding
more contact among people
more illness
More disease related to
malnutrition,
poor hygiene and
lack of medical facilities

6. Controlling Population Size
Birth control
Large-scale efforts
to educate people
provide effective methods.
Many factors contribute to people’s continuing desire to have children.
Religious opposition
Some people feel population sizes shouldn’t be controlled
In some countries birth rate has fallen below the rate of replacement

7. Is Technology the Answer
Advances in technology have the potential to increase the resources available to humans.
New sources of renewable energy,
New strains of crops developed through genetic engineering
Other scientific breakthrough
The agricultural and industrial revolutions both increased Earth’s Carrying capacity
Future technology, such as increased use of solar power, may do it again.

8. Z.P.G.
A good idea or a bad idea?
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9. Ch 13 EQ pg 1 of 4 Industrialized societies Increase in population
Arithmetic
Begin to develop farming
Increase in food
Increase in population
Increased energy use
1,2,3,4
1,2,4,8
Emigration
Agricultural revolution

10. Ch 13 EQ pg 2 of 4 Germ theory Disease, famine, war Moving in
Moving out
Increase in population
More health problems
Decrease in population
Immigration
Emigration
Science of vital statistics

11. Ch 13 EQ pg 3 of 4 Demography Carrying capacity Overpopulation
Industrial revolution
Increase in population
Greater stress on environment
Decrease in population
Sometimes opposed
May be increased by future technology
Science of vital statistics

12. Ch 13 EQ pg 4 of 4 Limiting family size Increased energy use Geometric
Industrial revolution
Overpopulation
Increased energy use
More health problems
Sometimes opposed
May be increased by future technology
1,2,3,4
1,2,4,8

13. Quick Quiz QQ13 Geometric Arithmetic Begin to develop farming
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Geometric
Arithmetic
Begin to develop farming
Increase in food
Industrial revolution
Germ theory
Disease, famine, war
Moving in
Moving out
Demography
Industrialized societies
Overpopulation
Limiting family size
Carrying capacity
Increase in population
Increased energy use
Greater stress on environment
More health problems
Decrease in population
Sometimes opposed
May be increased by future technology
1,2,3,4
1,2,4,8
Immigration
Emigration
Agricultural revolution
Science of vital statistics

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