Many of the world's pollution problems have been
(1) by the crowding of large groups of people into cities.Supply for the
(2) of the people leads to
(3) pollution by industry.If the
(4) increase in human population
(5) at the present rate,there may be much greater harm.Some scientists speak of the
(6) in number of people as"population pollution".
About 2000years ago,the world
(7) was probably about 250million.
(8) reached a billion in 1850.By 1930the population was two billion.It is
(9) six and a half billion.It is
(10) to double in the future.If the population continues to grow at the same
(11) ,there would be 25billion people in the world a hundred years from now.
Man has been using the earth's
(12) more and more rapidly over the years.Some of them are almost
(13) .Now many people believe that man's greatest
(14) is how to control the growth of his population.The
(15) in the world will not support the human population,in time to come,if the
(16) rate of increase continues.
(17) there is over crowding in the
(18) and hunger in some countries.Can man's rate of increase
(19) ?Many people believe that human survival in the future depends on the answer
(20) the question.