1. The Human Population
Using a sheet of graph paper, paper, pencil, and a ruler, draw and label a graph as shown below:
Plot the following Points:
(1800, 1 billion people)
(1930, 2 billion people)
(1960, 3 billion people)
(1975, 4 billion people)
(1987, 5 billion people)
(1999, 6 billion people)
Draw a line connecting the points
Answer the questions on the back:
Year
Number of People

2. The Human Population
What does the curve that you have drawn indicate about the human population?
What may have caused this change in population? Think about the events in history that might impact it.
Do you think that the human population can continue to grow indefinitely? Why or why not?
Create a Multi-Flow Map showing possible causes for and effects of the population increase.
Event:
Observation of Data
Cause(s)
Event(s)