Day Forty-Five (Wednesday)

Today's focus was on Population Growth. Your handout looked at the following questions:

Read pages 188 to 190 in your textbook.

1. What is doubling time?

2. What is the Rule of 70? Describe how the Rule is used to calculate doubling time.

3. At a growth rate of 0.8%, how long will it take for Canada's population to double? Show your work.

4. List at least 10 types of problems or issues that Canada will face with a population that has doubled to 68 million people. (Think!)