Human Population Growth Webquest
Directions: Follow the links to answer the questions.
 http://www.ibiblio.org/lunarbin/worldpop
1. What is your exact birth date? ____________________________________
2. What was the world population on your exact birth date? ______________________________
3. What was the world population on your first birthday? ________________________________
4. What was the world population January of this year? _________________________________
5. What is the projected world population January 1, 2035? ______________________________
6. What is the projected world population when you turn 50? ______________________________
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http://www.census.gov/population/www/popclockus.html
7. According to the website, the net gain of one person is every ________seconds.
8. How often are births? __________________________________
9. How often are deaths? _________________________________
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http://www.prb.org/Countries/UnitedStates.aspx
United States:
10. According to this website, what is the population? ________________________________
11. What are the CO2 emissions in 2002? __________________________________________
12. How many “vehicles per 1000 in 2000”? __________________________________________
13. How many threatened and endangered animal and plant species? ______________________
China: (Browse by region/country - scroll down to China)
14. According to this website, what is the population? _____________________________________
15. What are the CO2 emissions in 2002? ______________________________________
16. How many “vehicles per 1000 in 2000”? _____________________________________
17. How many threatened and endangered animal and plant species? ________________________
India: (Browse by region/country - scroll down to India)
18. According to this website, what is the population? _____________________________________
19. What are the CO2 emissions in 2002? ____________________________________
20. How many “vehicles per 1000 in 2000”? ________________________________
21. How many threatened and endangered animal and plant species? ______________________
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http://www.worldometers.info/
22. Record what the world population is now. _______________________________________
Conclusions:
1. How does the CO2 emissions compare between the US and China/India?
2. Has the World Population increased or decreased during this class period – by how much?
3. If the surface area of the US is 9,629,091 square km, what is its population density?