Reference no: EM133436443

Questions

1. Explain the difference between subsistence agriculture, an intensive agriculture.

2. Why is genetic diversity important?

3. Population growth, carrying capacity, overpopulation Define each and explain why are they important, especially when you look at the importance of each to the world?

4. How could you support conservation of biodiversity? Why should you?

5. Why are environmental scientists and environmentalists concerned about human population growth?

6. What is the relationship between fertility rates and education of women?

7. What is agriculture and why is it important?

8. How can you influence agriculture toward sustainability with your own shopping choices and political votes ?

9. Why has the human population grown so rapidly in the last 50-100 years?

10. What is the relationship between population growth and use and availability of resources?

11. What is locally grown food? Why should we select it and prefer it?

12. When does a population become overpopulation?

13. Explain the difference between immigration and emigration.

14. How do the populations differ in these different worlds? A population of richold, and few versus a population of young, poor, and many.

15. What is the demographic transition?

16. What are the environmental, social, and economical benefits of agriculture?

17. What is organic agriculture? What are organic foods? How are they produced?

18. Where is the fastest human population growth happening? Why?

19. What causes zero population growth?

20. What is biophilia? Explain the concept

21. Extra Credit 5 points possible.

How/why does human overpopulations affect availability of water , food, energy global warming, land, pollution , habitats and biodiversity, war , social unrest?