Environmental Science

Name: Kristine Joy R. Lardera

Course, Year, and Section: BS-Entrep 1-1 (1st Year)
Activity name and number: Module 5_Act 8

1. How does the study of population ecology help us understand why some
populations grow, some remain stable, and others decline?
Population ecology helps us to understand why these interactions happens through
the models that the population ecologists have developed. They can illustrate and explain
the factors and the process that is happening in the environment. Through population
ecology, we can see specific factors that might affect the population of a certain
population of an organism.

2. Why has human population growth, which increased exponentially for centuries,
started to decline in the past few decades?
The reason why human population increased exponentially for centuries, it is
because of the creative innovators and industrious producers that results to improved food
supply, medical treatment and water quality and sanitation practices which of course,
leads to a huge drop in the death rate. On the other side, based on my opinion, human
population started to decline in the past few decades it is because of their change of point
of view. What I mean is that, most of the people these days, tend to focus more on being
free, travelling, and of course being financially stable before having family. Some couple
plans to have one child only so that, it would lessen their needed expenses. And at some
point, according to Pooja B. (2021), other couples choose to be child free because of
avoiding being in the pressure of “good parenting” and having to fit within set parameters
of “how to function” as a “good parent” and its non-stop needs and demands.
 Environmental Science
Name: Kristine Joy R. Lardera
Course, Year, and Section: BS-Entrep 1-1 (1st Year)
Activity name and number: Module 5_Act 8

3. What is carrying capacity? Do you think carrying capacity applies to people as

well as to other organisms? Why or why not?
When food, habitat, water, and other resources are available, an
environment's carrying capacity is the maximum population size of a biological
species that can be sustained by that environment. The maximum burden on the
environment is characterized as the carrying capacity of population ecology. People
and other species in their surroundings both have carrying capacity. Carrying
capacity in humans is significantly more complicated. The term has been broadened
to encompass not degrading our cultural and social settings, as well as not harming
the physical environment in ways that would harm future generations.
Moreover, the reason it applies to humans is that when the population
exceeds the carrying capacity of a region, the resources available may be insufficient,
causing the population to struggle to survive in the face of limited resources.
Similarly, when the population exceeds the carrying capacity of a place, the
resources available are underused.

REFERENCES:

Bedi, P. (2021, September 18). Why couples are choosing to be child free. Retrieved
January 22, 2022, from https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/heartchakra/why-
couples-are-choosing-to-be-child-free/

Carrying capacity. (2021, April 30). Retrieved January 22, 2022, from
https://worldpopulationhistory.org/carrying-capacity/

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