1. How do the people affect their country?

2. Will we ever reach a point where the Earth can no longer support its population?

3.  Chapter 4-3 through 4-5 late - in class assignment  Do Nows late  Culture Projects - late, 50% value  Quiz grades entered today - unforeseen circumstance  MIRPL Assignment - get articles approved - get assignments done early

4.  ISIS beheads another American aid worker - former US soldier - converted to Islam  91 y/o woman declared dead - wakes up 11 hours later in cold storage - was checked by doctor

5. Will we ever reach a point where the Earth can no longer support its population?

8.  Population Density = average number of people/ unit of land ◦ People/ square mile  Carrying Capacity = # of organisms land can support

9.  Birth Rate= Live Births / 1,000  Fertility rate ◦ average number of children/ woman ◦ Worldwide average= 3.0 ◦ US= 2.06

10.  Mortality (________) Rate= # of deaths/ 1,000  Infant Mortality Rate ◦ Deaths of children under 1 yr old/1,000  Rate of Natural Increase ◦ = birth rate - mortality rate

11.  United States: ◦ Birth Rate= 13.66 per 1,000 ◦ Death Rate= 8.39 per 1,000 ◦ What is our Rate of Natural Increase? What does this mean for us? ◦ https://www.google.com/#q=online+calculator&saf e=active https://www.google.com/#q=online+calculator&saf e=active

13.  PushPull

14. 1. In what way does population help determine the “status” of a country or location? 2. Can we make inferences from these statistics? If so, How?