Social Studies EQs

Here are the answers to some SS questions that were given in class.

1. What are the population trends around the world and what factors are influencing those trends?

In China and Asia, the main trend is to have more and more children. The populations of these countries are shooting up, because so many people are having more babies. In other parts of the world, such as Europe, Japan, and the US, less people are having a lot of chilren, and tHow he populations are slowly but surely decreasing, or in some cases staying the same.

2. What is being done to stabalize global population growth?

More people are becoming aware that having children might not be the best thing for them at that current time, and more and more preventative measures are being made ot prevent childbirths.

3. How are resources distributed and utilized?

The main way that resources are distrubuted and utilized are the people that find the resource take it, procces or manufacture something out of it, and finally sell it. Because of this many people do not have sufficient neccesities, because of lack of funds.

4. What are the effects of humanity's consumtion of the world's resources?

With so many people on the earth to distribute resources to lots of resources are required, and lots are being taken from the environment. Every day lots of coal, oil, wood, and other things are being mass mined, produced, or harvested and all these have an effect on the environment. Oil and coal for example when burned release Co2 emissions, which are not good for the environment, because of the greenhouse effects. Less trees in turn take in less Co2 and make less oxygen out of it, which is helping the greenhouse effects.

5. What are possible solutions to problems associated with population trends and use of resources?

The main solution to using too much oil and coal is to conserve. Every day a ton of electricity is produced, but if everyone on the planet attempted to save energy we would use a lot less, causing less to be produced, and therefore less resources being used up. Alternatives such as biofuels and solar home panels could also help with the increasing demand for electricity.