7. Change the voice

1. The world population will cross 9 billion mark by the year 2050.

2. Increase in population will also increase the anthropogenic activities.

3. Migration of people from underdeveloped areas to developed areas has triggered an unnatural growth in population in developed areas.

4. Limited resources of the planet are being continuously divided into smaller and smaller portions.

5. The total population of the region far exceeds the carrying capacity of the latter.

6. Overpopulation has fueled a whole array of problems ranging from pollution to global warming.

7. These overpopulation problems would not have affected us if we had unlimited land and resources.

8. Tomorrow may not even give us a chance to ponder over the situation.

9. The effects of overpopulation can include the depletion of resources and environmental deterioration.

10. The hunters were hired to keep down the deer population.

11.Afghanistan is the country whose laws and norms are hindering the global effort to slow population growth.

8. Insert prepositions and translate.

1. Overpopulation does not depend only ___ the size or density ____ the population, but on the ratio of population ____ available sustainable resources.

2. Overpopulation can result ______ an increase in births, a decline in mortality rates due _____ medical advances.

3. Concern __________ overpopulation is relatively recent in origin.

4. A finite amount _______ land was incapable _______ supporting an endlessly increasing population.

5. Overpopulation is an issue that threatens the state _____ the environment and societies must make a change ____ order to reverse some of the environmental effects brought on _____ current social norms.

6. Religious and ideological opposition ____ birth control has been cited as a factor contributing _____ overpopulation and poverty.

7. Religious adherents vary widely _____ their views _____ birth control.

8. Disasters triggered _____ the growing population's demand _____ scarce resources will eventually lead ____ a sudden population crash.

9. Correct the mistakes.

1. The recent rapid increase in human populaition over the past two centuries have raised conserns that humans are begin to overpopulate the Earth.

2. Increases in life expectansy and resourse availability during the industrial and green revolutions leaded to rapid population growht on a worldwide level.

3. In demografy, population growth is uses informally for the more spesific term population growth rate.