People and the Earth’s Ecosystem

GEE 2
Activity on Activity 1 The Human Population

Instructions:
 Answer the following questions concisely.
 Maximum of three (3) sentences only.
 Your answers will be graded based on the rubric given below.
 Plagiarized answers will merit the whole submission a score of zero (0).
 The activity will be submitted online via a Google drive link posted on the group chat. The file
name should be formatted as: LastName-FirstName-Course&Section

1. Identify a major local, national, or global environmental problem and describe the role of
population growth in this problem.

2. Is it rational for a poor couple in a developing country such as the Philippines to have four or
five children? Explain.

3. Do you believe that the population is too high in (a) the world, (b) the Philippines, and (c) the
area where you live? Explain.

4. If you are given a chance to pass a law promoting to slow down the growth of human population,
what will be the title and its rationale?

5. Some have suggested that the earth’s population problem could be solved by sending people to
space colonies, each comprising roughly 10,000 people. How many self-sustaining space stations
would we need to accommodate the 134 million people added to the earth’s population in 2022 if
each shuttle could transport 100 passengers? Determine whether this plan is a logical answer to
the world’s population problem based on your calculations. What impact would the shuttle’s
regular launches have on global warming?

Grading Rubric (Note: This will be the criteria for grading your submission)
 Holistic Grading Rubric for Essay
Score 5 pts 4 pts 3 pts 2 pts 1 pt
Descriptor The question is The question is The question is Limited answer Minimal answer
answered answered answered
completely substantially sufficiently

Theme is Theme is present Theme is shown Theme is lacking No present

expressed theme
throughout

The answer is The answer is The answer is Confused

constructed in a constructed in a adequately construction of Minimal
sophisticated substantial constructed answer construction of
manner manner answer

(No (1-2 (3-4 (5-6

grammatical, grammatical, grammatical, grammatical, (More than 6
spelling, and spelling, and spelling, and spelling, and grammatical,
punctuation punctuation punctuation punctuation spelling, and
error) error) error) error) punctuation
error)

Prepared by:

Harold E. Pajela
Instructor