Answer the following:

1. Describe the following :

a. Human population – refers to the number of people living in a particular
area, from a village to the world as a whole.

b. Population Growth – is the increase in the number of people in a

population or dispersed group

c. Dispersion Patterns – describes the arrangement of individuals within a

habitat at a particular point in time, and broad categories of patterns are
used to describe them. The three dispersion patterns are clumped,
random, and uniform

d. Population Density – is the concentration of individuals within a species in

a specific geographic locale.

e. Biodiversity – is the variation among living organisms from different

sources including terrestrial, marine and desert ecosystems, and the
ecological complexes of which they are a part.

f. Earth’s carrying capacity – is defined as the maximum number of

individuals of a population that the environment can support.

2. Discuss the effect of human growth to the following:

a. Economy
 Human growth adversely impacts the economy. Rising prices
cause less savings and make the working and middle classes more
vulnerable to economic distress. In developing countries, people
are forced to go without clean water or adequate food and live in
squalid conditions. The rapid human population growth makes it
more difficult for low-income and lower-middle-income countries to
afford the increase in public expenditures on a per capita basis that
is needed to eradicate poverty, end hunger and malnutrition, and
ensure universal access to health care, education and other
essential services.
b. Agriculture
 In agriculture, the rapid growth in human population can lead to
inappropriate farming practices that impoverish and erode the soil;
reduce vegetation; over-use and improperly use agrochemicals;
and frustrate water resource management. The result of such
practices is severe land degradation. It leads to intensifying the
 pressure on food production. This, in turn, leads to higher food
insecurity, more greenhouse gas emissions, and large-scale
environmental degradation.
c. Ecosystem
 In our Ecosystem, the effect of human growth comes in variety of
ways, it includes; Increasing the extraction of resources from the
environment. These resources include fossil fuels minerals, trees,
water, and wildlife, especially in the oceans.

3. Discuss how human population distribution and growth affects to the Earth’s
ecosystem.
 Housing and feeding so many people has accelerated the destruction of
natural habitats, while higher levels of consumption, particularly in some
richer parts of the world, have also increased the exploitation of natural
resources and led to growing levels of pollution.

4. Discuss the interdependence of human population and the Earth’s ecosystem

expound further on how human beings interrupt this relationship.
 The interdependence of human population and the Earth’s ecosystem
explains that humans are an integral part of ecosystems. Ecosystems
provide a variety of benefits to people, including provisioning, regulating,
cultural, and supporting services. Provisioning services are the products
people obtain from ecosystems, such as food, fuel, fiber, fresh water, and
genetic resources. However, human beings has ways in interrupting this
relationship. Impacts from human activity on land and in the water can
influence ecosystems profoundly. Climate change, ocean acidification,
permafrost melting, habitat loss, eutrophication, storm water runoff, air
pollution, contaminants, and invasive species are among many problems
facing ecosystems.

5. Discuss the implication of human population to the Earth’s carrying capacity.

How do we help prevent the drastic growth of human population to sustain life on
Earth?
 Our growing population, coupled with rising affluence and per capita
impact, is driving our planet closer to its tipping point. If human growth
exceeds carrying capacity, the ecosystem may become unsuitable for the
species to survive. If the population exceeds the carrying capacity for a
long period of time, resources may be completely depleted. Populations
may die off if all of the resources are exhausted. To help prevent drastic
growth of human population for Earth to still sustain life, we must create a
long term global family planning aid.