Divine Word College of Legazpi

School of Education Arts and Sciences

Legazpi City, Albay

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ACTIVITY #2: POPULATION GROWTH AND ITS IMPACT

PART 1:
Read and understand each question and situation. Answer each questions correctly.

1. List three ways in which you could apply some of what you learned in this chapter to
making your lifestyle more environmentally sustainable.
2. Identify a major local, national, or global environmental problem, and describe the role
of population growth in this problem.
3. Is it rational for a poor couple in a developing country such as India to have four or five
children? Explain.
4. Should everyone have the right to have as many children as they want? Explain. Is your
belief on this issue consistent with your environmental worldview?
5. Some people have proposed that the earth could solve its population problem by
shipping people off to space colonies, each containing about 10,000 people. Assuming
we could build such large-scale, self-sustaining space stations (a big assumption), how
many of them would we have to build to provide living spaces for the 82 million people
added to the earth’s population this year? If space shuttles could each carry 100
passengers, how many shuttles would have to be launched each day for a year to offset
the 82 million people added to the population this year? According to your calculations,
determine whether this proposal is a logical solution to the earth’s population problem.
What effect might the daily launching of these shuttles have on global warming?
Explain.
6. Supposedly you are in charge of the world. List the three most important features of
your population policy.
7. The chart below shows selected population data for two different countries A and B.
Country A Country B
Population (in millions) 144 82
Birth rate 43 8
Death rate 18 10
Total fertility rate 100 3.8
Percentage of population
45 14
under 15 years old
Percentage of population
3.0 19
older than 65 years old
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School of Education Arts and Sciences
Legazpi City, Albay

Average life expectancy at

47 79
birth
Percentage in urban areas 44 75

8. Calculate the rate of natural increase for the populations of Country A and Country B.
Formula: Population change = Birth rate – Death rate

9. From the rates of natural increase and the data in the table, suggest which among A and
B is a developed or developing country? Explain the reasons for your answers.
10. Explain how the percentage of people under 15 years of age in Country A and in Country
B could affect the total ecological footprints of each country.

PART 2.

Using the template below, create a poster or digital poster showing the good and bad
impact of having huge number of population to our environment. ( note: you can also
create your own style. This template is not mandated.)
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School of Education Arts and Sciences
Legazpi City, Albay

Reference:
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G.T. Miller, Jr & S.E. Spoolman,(2009) Living in the Environment 16 th edition