Human Impact On The Environment WebQuest

Part A – Man

Use the link below to watch the “Man” video by Steve Cutts. As you watch, answer the questions below.

Full URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfGMYdalClU  Tiny URL: http://tinyurl.com/cb5t8oa

1. What does man use as boots?  2. What does he use as a coat?  

3. What happens to the rabbits?  

4. What is your reaction to the movie?

5. What is the writer’s purpose of this movie?  

Part B – The Growing Human Population

Use the link below to watch the Human Population Through Time video by the American Museum of Natural History. As you watch,

answer the questions below.

Full URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUwmA3Q0_OE&t=202s  TinyURL: https://tinyurl.com/y2rku8us

6. About how long ago did modern humans evolve in Africa?  

7. About how long ago did humans begin migrating across the globe?  

8. What was the human population by the year 1 AD?

9. How many people does one dot on the map represent?  

10. Stop the video at year 1100. Write down three observations in the spaces below.

11. Approximately how many millions of people lived in North America before the Europeans arrived

12. How many more billion people were there in 2015 than in 1950?  

13. How many billions of people are expected to populate Earth in 2100?  

14. Why is it predicted that the human population will level off?  

15. How many years did it take the human population to reach 1 billion people?  

16. How many years did it take the human population to go from 1 billion to 7 billion?  

17. What are some choices that we can make today to reduce our impact of population growth on the environment?