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4868692589environmental scienceinterdisciplinary science0
4868692590Natural resources being depletedfarming, fishing, mining, water usage, and consumption of fossil fuels1
4868692591Natural resources are not renewablefossil fuel,gas, oil, coal2
4868692592Need to learn sustainability3
4868694591what is sustainability and be able to give examplesex. solar energy, wind energy, green space4
4868712306Ecological servicesanytime natural things do a service that benefits the earth5
4868720245Human populationAbout 7.5 billion6
4868720246Human populationWithin 40-50 years another 1 ½ billion will be added7
4868720247Human populationThe fast Population growth causes a big depletion in resources8
4868720248population growth rate1.2%9
4868720249Exponential growth rate10
4868720250The world population growth is growing but birth rates slowingBecause people are healthier so they are living longer and birth rates are slowing because of the medicine such as birth control to stop pregnancy.11
4868722418Know the difference between TFR and replacement fertilityTFR is the amount of kids a woman has had and replacement fertility is having like 2 kids to keep a stable population12
4868722419Human populationWorld population is closer to 7 billion than 813
4868722420Know about china's one child policy and how it will effect them in the future14
4868722421Know the factors that have caused a slower growth in birth rates*family planning *Birth control *contraception15
4868722422Population is larger in developing countries than developed countriesdeveloping countries are still growing16
4868724590Know the AIDS epidemicis having the greatest impact since the Black Death in the 14th century17
4868726574human populationAIDS occurs in developing countries more18
4868778274According to demographics AIDS rates are higher in younger males19
4868786855Familiar with the top 3 most populous countries on earthChina India United States20
4868788558Know what the industrial revolution did to benefit the people going through it, but the long term negatives it had.21
4868790509Paradigm shiftwe go from an idea that is highly supported and then has a huge shift to change to our views22
4868795408Control experimentsobservation designed to minimize the effects of variables other than the independent variable23
4868798363Natural capitalour accumulation of natural resources24
4868800946Thomas MalthusAn Essay on the Principles of Population (1798) *Humans will outstrip food supplies *War, disease, starvation reduce populations25
4868805784Humans will be gone soon because the earth will run out of resources and starve to death..26

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