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YOU MAY NOT USE YOUR LAPTOPS.In your groups, record your predictions

for the populations of the following areas:

Demarest, NJBergen County, NJThe State of New JerseyThe United StatesThe Earth

Please record your answers on a piece of paper. We will check our answers in a few minutes.

WHAT WE WILL LEARN

Where do most people in the world live?

How do scientists measure population?

How is the earth’s population changing?

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION

Land covers about 30% of the earth’s surface, not all of it is used by humans.

The most populated continent on earth is Asia with more than half of the world’s population on the continent.

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION

http://www.prb.org/publications/datasheets/2013/2013-world-population-data-sheet/world-map.aspx#map/world/population/

2013

POPULATION DENSITY

Population Density is the average number of people living in a square mile or square kilometer.

It gives us an idea of how crowded a country or region is.

URBANIZATION

When people leave farms and villages to move to cities it is called Urbanization.

Most people move to a city with the goal of finding jobs.

Developed countries are industrialized.

Developing countries are working toward industrialization.

POPULATION GROWTH

How fast has the earth’s population grown?

1800- 857 Million1804- 1 Billion1900- 1.6 Billion1991- 5.1 Billion2005- 6.5 Billion2015- 7.3 Billion

HOW DO WE MEASURE POPULATION GROWTH?DEMOGRAPHERS – are scientists

who study populations.- They measure population growth

by comparing the birthrate and death rate of a region.

- Better health care and living conditions have decreased the death rate, and people are living longer.

LETS SEE WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT POPULATIONS

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