If you missed it.....

If you missed Wednesday's 'Horizon' programme which was flagged up in the last posting, you can catch up with it here in 10 minute chunks...
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=F6E41595AC2A1807
The first can be linked to directly below



And some questions on the programme to focus your attention...
1. How many people live on earth? __________________________(1)
2. How much does the world’s population increase by each year? ___________________(1)
3. Name two environmental problems that population density contributes to____________
__________________________________________________________________ (2)
4. What does the UN predict the world’s population will be by mid century?___________(1)
5. By 2050 which country will have overtaken China to become the most populated in the world?_______________(1)
6. Name two countries where population will shrink? ___________________________(2)
7. The parts of the world where the population will grow fastest are LEDC’s/MEDC’s (1)
8. Since 1890 how have the world death rates been reduced? ______________________
_________________________________________________________________(1)
9. What fundamental ingredient for life are we running out of? ___________________(1)
10. How many people on the planet lack access to safe water?______________________(1)
11. Within the next 20 years how many people will live in areas of water stress?
______________(1)
12. How much of the entire land surface is already being used to produce food? __________
_________________________________________________________________(1)
13. What are the world’s richest countries acquiring from the very poorest? ____________
______________________________________(1)
14. Why are the MEDC’s using land in LEDC’s? ___________________________________
_________________________________________________________________(1)
15. How many years will it take for Rwanda’s population to double? __________________(1)
16. On average how many children does each family in Rwanda have? ________________(1)
17. How did food shortage contribute to the genocide in Rwanda? ___________________
_________________________________________________________________(1)
18. How much oil do we use every day? ___________________ (1)
19. How much will energy demand increase by in the next two decades? ______________(1)
20. What is carrying capacity? ______________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________(1)
21. The earth’s population would need how many earths to support the world’s population with our current way of life? ____________________(1)


22. What are the three ways we could reduce our impact on the earth? ________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________(3)
23. What policy was adopted in China in 1979? ________________________________(1)
24. What did they encourage in the 1970’s in India to reduce the birth rate? ___________
_________________________________________________________________(1)
25. How does education help to reduce birth rates? ______________________________
_________________________________________________________________(1)
26. Across the world what fraction of married women don’t have access to contraception? _____________________________(1)
27. How many has the world’s population increased by during this programme? ____________________(1)

"How many people can live on planet Earth?

....asks Sir David Attenborough in Wednesday evening's episode of 'Horizon' at 9pm on BBC2.Here is a description of the programme content ..

In a Horizon special, naturalist Sir David Attenborough investigates whether the world is heading for a population crisis. In his lengthy career, Sir David has watched the human population more than double from 2.5 billion in 1950 to nearly seven billion. He reflects on the profound effects of this rapid growth, both on humans and the environment. While much of the projected growth in human population is likely to come from the developing world, it is the lifestyle enjoyed by many in the West that has the most impact on the planet. Some experts claim that in the UK consumers use as much as two and a half times their fair share of Earth's resources. Sir David examines whether it is the duty of individuals to commit not only to smaller families, but to change the way they live for the sake of humanity and planet Earth.

Sounds interesting for Higher!

A Good Population Resource

If you click on the image above, you will link to a 'free download page' of Interact Worldwide (nothing to do with Rotary!). This organisation works towards improving sexual and reproductive health mainly in LEDCs. Their work is clearly linked to population growth issues.

They have produced an excellent resource called the Population Jigsaw which you can download to your own computers. You might care to look particularly at the sections on Population Trends, Ageing, Population Policies and at one or two of the case study countries which include Brazil, China, India, Iran, Kenya, Philippines.

It is worth stating at this stage in the year that the students who will ultimately do well in Higher Geography are those who have taken the chance to do some extra reading. Most will stay the course, many will read the textbook but few will go the 'extra mile'. Those who do will reap their rewards!