Relationship Between Population Growth

and Carrying Capacity to Minimize Human

Impacts on Environment

Science Links Revised Edition

pp. 259-267
 Objectives:
• Explain the relationship between
population growth and carrying
capacity.
• Suggest ways to minimize
human impact on the
environment.
 Game

The Boat is
sinking
 Questions to ponder:
What was your initial
reaction to playing the
game "The Boat is
Sinking"?
 Questions to ponder:
What was your strategy for
prioritizing items to save
on the sinking boat? Did
your strategy change
throughout the game?
 Questions to ponder:
What was your role in
the game, and how did it
affect your decision-
making process?
 Questions to ponder:
What lessons from the
game can be applied to
real-life situations?
 Carrying Capacity
Carrying Capacity denotes the
maximum number of individual of
a given species that an area’s
resources can sustain indefinitely
without significantly depleting or
degrading those resources.
 Factors that may affect the
carrying capacity of an
environment
1. The amount of resources
available in the ecosystem.
2. Environmental conditions and
amount of living space.
3. Overpopulation
 Use any piece of clean
paper

Give at least 5
effects of
overpopulation.
 Effects of Overpopulation

1. Fresh water for potable

water is inadequate.
2. Natural resources are
depleted, especially fossil
fuels
 Effects of Overpopulation

3. There is an increased level of

air pollution, water pollution,
soil contamination, and noise
pollution.
 Effects of Overpopulation

4. Deforestation and loss of

ecosystem occur.
5. Changes in atmospheric
composition and consequent
global warming.
 Effects of Overpopulation

6. Mass species extinction

7. High infant and child
mortality.
8. Starvation
 Factors That Affect
Population

1. Immigration
2. Emigration
3. Births
4. Deaths
 Impact of Human
Activities on Biodiversity
Loss
1. Global Warming
2. Population Growth
3. Pollution
4. Habitat Destruction
 Ways to Minimize Human
Impact on the
Environment
1. Forest Management
2. Soil Management
3. Air Quality Management
4. Marine Water and Fresh
Water Management.
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