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)