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Do Now - From the exam

Do Now - From the exam.

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Do Now - From the exam

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  1. Do Now - From the exam • In the summer of 2008, the price of gas hit an all time peak of $4.80 per gallon on average (meaning in some places even higher than $4.80 per gallon). One, why should the US government get involved with the price of gas? Two, what are some incentives that the government can use to encourage and discourage fuel prices? Three, in a free market system (which the US is very much part of) how can consumers and industry force the price of gas to go down?

  2. Do now: Part I In the summer of 2008, the price of gas hit an all time peak of $4.80 per gallon on average (meaning in some places even higher than $4.80 per gallon). One, why should the US government get involved with the price of gas?

  3. Do now: Part II In the summer of 2008, the price of gas hit an all time peak of $4.80 per gallon on average (meaning in some places even higher than $4.80 per gallon). Two, what are some incentives that the government can use to encourage and discourage fuel prices?

  4. Do now: Part III In the summer of 2008, the price of gas hit an all time peak of $4.80 per gallon on average (meaning in some places even higher than $4.80 per gallon). Three, in a free market system (which the US is very much part of) how can consumers and industry force the price of gas to go down?

  5. Do now: Part IDebating Global Climate Change What is each cartoon stating?

  6. Homework & Objective • Vocab Words – Reminder - Quiz Friday. • 51. Aldo Leopold • 52. Exponential Growth • 53. Endangered Species Act of 1973 • 54. Clean Air Act • 55. Biotic Factor • FCA Essay Due Friday in class. Hard copy. • Reading from the text – Chapter 8 pages 208 – 218 by Friday.

  7. New Material • China’s One Child policy • Why was it instituted? When was it instituted and why then? • What are the issues with it? • Does the US have a form of population control? Explain • What are the issues with a rapidly growing population?

  8. New Material • Birth Rate: • 19 births/1,000 population • 131.4 million births per year • 360,000 births per day • 15,000 births each hour • 250 births each minute • 4 births each second of every day • Death Rate: • 8 deaths/1,000 population • 55.3 million people die each year • 151,600 people die each day • 6316 people die each hour • 105 people die each minute • almost 2 people die each second

  9. New Material • Population Clock • http://www.ibiblio.org/lunarbin/worldpop

  10. New Material • Thomas Malthus – who is he and why is he important? • Paul Ehrlich – who is he and why is he important? • One prediction that they had was: “population growth has indeed contributed to famine, disease, and conflict.” Is this true?

  11. New Material • Strong nations tend to have slow population growth. Why? • What is IPAT? • Impact = Population x Affluence x technology, sometimes add S for sensitivity, meaning development in a sensitive area. • Demography? What is it?

  12. New Material • Age Structure diagrams

  13. New Material • Populations are determined by: • Birth rate, death rate, immigration rate and emigration rates. • TFR – Total Fertility Rates: • Average number of children born per woman her lifetime • RF – Replacement Fertility: • Think of your family. If you an only child then negative growth, one sibling then zero growth..

  14. New Material • Transition Demographics – explain the chart below

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