The state of one who lacks a usual or socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions.

The identification of poor people first requires a determination of what constitutes basic needs.

Thomas Malthus and his followers argued that high ___________ and ____________ went hand in hand. Malthus himself, focusing on the impoverishing effects of scarce land and rising food prices, urged couples not to marry and have children unless they could afford to support them.

Poor people often want ___________ children because children represent wealth, provide household labor and are the only form of social security available to parents in their old age.

____________ women are often unable to act on their own behalf to obtain contraceptive services to regulate their childbearing; they are also the group most likely to believe that bearing many children will provide a bulwark against poverty in their old age

As fertility rates ____________, the ratio of potential workers ____________, meaning that more workers are responsible for fewer children.

_____________________ is the practice of artificially maintaining the size of any population. It simply refers to the act off limiting the size of an animal population so that is remains manageable, as opposed to the act of protecting a species from excessive rates of extinction, which is referred to as conversation biology.

_____________ is a defined as a group of individuals of the same species living and interbreeding within a given area.

_____________ is usually expressed as the number of individuals per unit area or volume.

_____________ are sorted into age specific categories called cohorts, such as juveniles or sub adults. they create a profile of the size and age structures of the cohorts to determine the reproductive potential of that population, in order to estimate currents and future growth.

____________ resources are resources that exist without any actions of humankind. This includes all valued characteristics such as magnetic, gravitational, electrical properties and forces, etc.

A ____________ resource is a natural resource that cannot be readily replaced by natural means at a quick enough pace to keep up with consumption.

A ___________ resource is a natural resource which will replenish to replace the portion depleted by usage and consumption, either through natural reproduction or other recurring processes in a finite amount of time in a human time scale.

_______________ use of natural resources refers to use of natural resources in which these resources are utilized and removed from their natural environment.

______________ use refers to the type of use of natural resources which does not require that the resources be removed from their natural environment or location.

Philippines is Made up of more than______________islands and well known for its popular tourism spots and its varied culture stemming from occupation of several different nations over the centuries. But it is also a land of rich natural resources that help sustain the nation and make it an important economy in the region.

What are the environmental effects of deforestation above?

What are the environmental effects of deforestation below?

_____________ plays a significant role in the Philippine economy. Involving about 40 percent of Filipino workers, it contributes an average of 20 percent to the Gross Domestic Product.