2.5 Population and natural landscapes

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www.worldometers.info

Population and natural landscapes

• how fast the world population is growing (and the differences between continents)
• how the world population is distributed: densely vs. sparsely populated areas along with their names and locations
• the factors that cause areas to be sparsely populated

There are too many people on the planet.

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What challenges can too many people bring to a crowded planet?

What challenges can too few people bring?

This graph shows population growth. Can you find another graph that is more dramatic? What makes it dramatic?

This image shows population...

1. movement
2. clusters
3. hotspots
4. future predictions

In which climate zone do most people live?

1. subpolar
2. temperate
3. subtropical
4. tropical

What happened to the temperate forests?

This land is...

1. urban
2. pastoral
3. arable
4. fallow

Which forests are currently disappearing?

1. European deciduous
2. Artctic taiga
3. Tropical rainforests
4. Alpine coniferous