Science Notebook - Student Edition

Population Ecology 37

Trends in Human

Population

Growth

I found this information

on page.

Calculate the population growth rate for each fictitious countr y

listed in the table below.

Country

Births per

1000

Deaths per

1000

Growth rate

(percent)

X259-

Y144-.6

Z1215

Compare trends in industrialized nations and developing countries

in terms of the following factors.

Population growth rate:

Resource use by individuals:

Identify three factors that could keep the human population from

reaching its carr ying capacity.

1.

2.

3.

Section 4.2 Human Population (continued)

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