Human Population lab & Protein Folding

HUMAN POPULATION WEBQUEST Visit the following web sites and answer the questions below in order to get a feel for what factors influence human populations, how human populations impact the environment and how populations vary in different parts of the world. Download the World Population Data Sheet from Haiku to help guide you (especially for population age pyramid %'s). World Population Go to:http://ibiblio.org/lunarbin/worldpop (you need to use Safari) While you are working on this activity, people are dying and being born around the world. Fill out your start time and the current world population. When you have completed this entire activity, come back to this site and complete the rest of this chart. Time World Population Start time: 7,573,860,696 Stop time: Total elapsed time: Change in population 1. What was the world population on the day you were born? 2. What will the world population be when you turn 30? US Census Bureau - US POPClock Projection (http://www.census.gov/popclock/) What is the current US population? What is the natality? mortality? immigration rate? net gain rate? Demographic Indicators and Population Age Pyramids Data Go to: http://www.census.gov/population/international/data/idb/informationGateway.php Under Select Report, select Demographic Overview for the United States in the current year. Look at the fertility rate, life expectancy and infant mortality rate. current projected 2025 world current population size 321,363,000 346,407,000 7.2 billion fertility rate 2.0 2.0 2.4 life expectancy 80 81 female-68 male 63 infant mortality rate (# deaths infants < 1 yr old per 1,000 births) 6 6 38 Under Select Report, select Population By Broad Age Groups: what is the % under 14, 15-64, and over 65. Fill in the chart below. Under Select Report, select Population Pyramid Graph Take a screen capture; Insert picture into the table next to Current; double click the picture and select Layout – in front of text; resize it to fit in the appropriate place in the table. population age pyramid % under 15 % 15-64 % over 65 Current: 19.4 66.1 14.5 World: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 26% 66% 8% ***Under Select Report, select Population Pyramid Graph. Hold down the Command key and select every 5th year from the years1980-2050. Click submit. Animate the progression of the population age structure using the control keys at the top. What trend do you observe in the overall shape of the graph? For additional information about your country, download the World Population 201X file from Haiku, (produced by the Population Reference Bureau: http://www.prb.org/Publications/Datasheets/2014/2014-world-population-data-sheet/data-sheet.aspx) Be sure to find information about: United States % urban? why? high % urban ---> stresses resources, increased spread of disease, etc. 81% Percentage of population who use improved sanitation facilities (urban / rural) why? spread of water-borne diseases 100% / 99% how available is access to medical care? Percentage of married women aged 15-49 using contraception ( all methods / modern methods) “Modern” methods include clinic and supply methods such as the pill, IUD, condom, and sterilization Prevalence of HIV, total (% of population ages 15-49) why? impacts infant and mother mortality, life expectancy, workforce productivity, quality of life 79% / 73% .6% Per Capita GNI PPP why? GNI PPP per capita (person) is gross national income in purchasing power parity (PPP) divided by mid-year population. This reflects the annual average income of each person in the country and indicates the amount of goods and services one could buy. This reflects people's living standards. $50, 610 What can you predict from this data about what life in this country might be like in the next 25 years? Why? Be sure to start with fertility rate and population age structure and then consider all of the other factors that you looked at that impact human population growth. The future deems gloomy for the United States, with stagnant fertility rates and increasing life expectancy social security is in danger. The country will severly lack people in the working age, with an abundance of Do the same for one other country ________________________ Under Select Report, select Demographic Overview for your country in the current year. Look at the fertility rate, life expectancy and infant mortality rate. current projected 2025 world current population size 7.2 billion fertility rate 2.4 life expectancy female-68 male 63 infant mortality rate (# deaths infants < 1 yr old per 1,000 births) 38 Under Select Report, select Population By Broad Age Groups: what is the % under 14, 15-64, and over 65. Fill in the chart below. Under Select Report, select Population Pyramid Graph Take a screen capture; Insert picture into the table next to Current; double click the picture and select Layout – in front of text; resize it to fit in the appropriate place in the table. population age pyramid % under 15 % 15-64 % over 65 Current: World: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 26% 66% 8% ***Under Select Report, select Population Pyramid Graph. Hold down the Command key and select every 5th year from the years1980-2050. Click submit. Animate the progression of the population age structure using the control keys at the top. What trend do you observe in the overall shape of the graph? For additional information about your country, download the World Population 201X file from Haiku, (produced by the Population Reference Bureau: http://www.prb.org/Publications/Datasheets/2014/2014-world-population-data-sheet/data-sheet.aspx) Be sure to find information about: Your country % urban? why? high % urban ---> stresses resources, increased spread of disease, etc. % Percentage of population who use improved sanitation facilities (urban / rural) why? spread of water-borne diseases % / % how available is access to medical care? Percentage of married women aged 15-49 using contraception ( all methods / modern methods) “Modern” methods include clinic and supply methods such as the pill, IUD, condom, and sterilization. Prevalence of HIV, total (% of population ages 15-49) why? impacts infant and mother mortality, life expectancy, workforce productivity, quality of life % / % % Per Capita GNI PPP why? GNI PPP per capita (person) is gross national income in purchasing power parity (PPP) divided by mid-year population. This reflects the annual average income of each person in the country and indicates the amount of goods and services one could buy. This reflects people's living standards. $ What can you predict from this data about what life in this country might be like in the next 25 years? Why? Be sure to start with fertility rate and population age structure and then consider all of the other factors that you looked at that impact human population growth.