Kamsc pop bomb webquest

famine

extreme scarcity of food

overpopulation

The condition of having a population so dense as to cause environmental deterioration, an impaired quality of life, or a population crash

Thomas Malthus

wrote malthusian theory essays on overpopulation

exponentially, in a linear manner

thomas malthus believed that overpopulation is an issue because population grows _________ where resources grow in a _________

point of crisis

the place on the malthusian theory graph where the human population growth line intersects with the resource growth line

Paul Ehrlich

wrote the population bomb, believed that we had no hope for overpopulation

7.9 billion

earth's current population size

10 billion

earths current estimated carrying capacity

Hans Rosling

believes that with poverty comes population growth

carrying capacity

the maximum population size that an ecosystem can contain

increased emissions, pollution, and waste

population growth environmental impacts (3)

arable land

land available for growing crops

Water, arable land, fuels

resources put at risk due to population growth (3)

decreased population

education of women leads to

skewed gender ratio

result of China's one child policy