Our major problem that faces the world today is the rapid growth of popu lation, often referred to as population, explosion. Until about 800 AD the world' population stayed below 200 million. Since then it has risen dra matically. The rise has been been greatest in the twentieth century. The population has recently risen to about six billion. It is three times as large as it was in 1960, It is not so much the actual population as its rate in crease is alarming. Expert predict that by 2025 there will be about ten billion people causing serious problems of hunger overcrowding and en vironmental population. 4 (i) What is one major problem of the world? (ii) What will be the impact of this population explosion? (iii) Find the word from the passage which means "Fast". (iv) Find from the passage the opposite of "decrease".
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- The Effects of Overpopulation
- More people means an increased demand for food, water, housing, energy, healthcare, transportation, and more. And all that consumption contributes to ecological degradation, increased conflicts, and a higher risk of large-scale disasters like pandemics.
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