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Population
Population
By donor: man’s sperm has a problem, making impregnation impossible, so a donor gives
his sperm.
In vitro fertilisation: an ovum is fertilised outside a woman’s body. The fertilised ovum
is implanted into the uterus.
Fertility drugs: drugs which enhance reproductive fertility. For women, fertility
medication is used to stimulate follicle development of the ovary. The side effect is
multiple pregnancies. They contain varying amount of FSH and LH.
Effects:
in men the urethra becomes infected, in woman it is the cervix. If left
untreated, the disease can travel through the reproductive tract causing
sterility and spread to the bloodstream, infecting the brains, heart valves, and
joints.
Treatment
once diagnosed it can be treated using antibiotics.
Population
it is the number of people living in an area at a certain time.
If the birth rate is higher than the death rate, the population of an area increases
Doubling time
It is the time it will take a population to double
Doubling time = 70
Growth rate
Waste Disposal
Human activities such as farming, industry, mining and other daily home
activities generate waste which must be disposed of.
Human waste can either be;