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    Death is defined as the cessation of all biological functions that sustain life. It can be caused by aging, disease, accidents, homicide or suicide. Shortly after death, the body begins to decompose. Birth, also known as parturition, is the process of delivering offspring. In humans, birth typically results in a single offspring after a 38 week gestation period. The mother's body prepares for birth through hormones produced by the pituitary gland, ovaries and placenta. Rapid population growth occurs when a population increases quickly in number. It can be caused by higher birth rates, lower death rates, or older populations living longer. Effects of rapid growth include potential overpopulation, lack of adequate land, housing

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    Death is defined as the cessation of all biological functions that sustain life. It can be caused by aging, disease, accidents, homicide or suicide. Shortly after death, the body begins to decompose. Birth, also known as parturition, is the process of delivering offspring. In humans, birth typically results in a single offspring after a 38 week gestation period. The mother's body prepares for birth through hormones produced by the pituitary gland, ovaries and placenta. Rapid population growth occurs when a population increases quickly in number. It can be caused by higher birth rates, lower death rates, or older populations living longer. Effects of rapid growth include potential overpopulation, lack of adequate land, housing

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    Death is defined as the cessation of all biological functions that sustain life. It can be caused by aging, disease, accidents, homicide or suicide. Shortly after death, the body begins to decompose. Birth, also known as parturition, is the process of delivering offspring. In humans, birth typically results in a single offspring after a 38 week gestation period. The mother's body prepares for birth through hormones produced by the pituitary gland, ovaries and placenta. Rapid population growth occurs when a population increases quickly in number. It can be caused by higher birth rates, lower death rates, or older populations living longer. Effects of rapid growth include potential overpopulation, lack of adequate land, housing

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    Death is defined as the cessation of all biological functions that sustain life. It can be caused by aging, disease, accidents, homicide or suicide. Shortly after death, the body begins to decompose. Birth, also known as parturition, is the process of delivering offspring. In humans, birth typically results in a single offspring after a 38 week gestation period. The mother's body prepares for birth through hormones produced by the pituitary gland, ovaries and placenta. Rapid population growth occurs when a population increases quickly in number. It can be caused by higher birth rates, lower death rates, or older populations living longer. Effects of rapid growth include potential overpopulation, lack of adequate land, housing

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    WHAT IS DEATH

    Death is the cessation of all biological functions that sustain a living organism.
    Phenomena which commonly bring about death include biological aging (OR senescence),
    predation, malnutrition, disease, suicide, homicide and accidents or trauma resulting in
    terminal injury. Bodies of living organisms begin to decompose shortly after death.
    WHAT IS BIRTH

    Birth, also known as parturition, is the act or process of bearing or bringing


    forth offspring.
    Human birth
    Humans usually produce a single offspring at a time. The mother's body is prepared for
    birth by hormones produced by the pituitary gland, the ovary and the placenta. The total
    gestation period from fertilization to birth is normally about 38 weeks (birth usually
    occurring 40 weeks after the last menstrual period

    Rapid Population Growth


    Rapid growth is a quick increase in population. The number concerned when calculating the
    population is the number of individuals alive. In other words, while some areas may have large
    numbers of births, they may not realize an increase in their population if the death rate is
    sufficient to offset the birthrate. These sort of factors can actually contribute to birth rates and
    the rate of growth.

    Causes
    There can be a variety of causes for rapid population growth. There are circumstances which can
    create sentiment in the population that will inspire population growth. These are usually
    immediate, or short lived, occurrences and can cause rapid growth. There are also other
    conditions which seem inversely related. In areas of poverty and lower living conditions, birth
    rates are sometimes higher. This can result in birth rates higher than those of industrialized
    nations where birth control is ubiquitous and pregnancy is put off for some time. Another cause
    of population growth is older populations living longer while birth rates do not decline. Many
    nations are experiencing rapid population growth of that sort in numbers that haven't existed in
    the past. Any combination or single factor can cause the population number to increase in the
    immediate, but some factors are more likely to cause sustained growth.

    Effects
    Population growth, even rapid population growth, can be a positive thing. Examples include
    corrections when the rapid growth may actually supply a population that wouldn't have existed
    to contribute otherwise. With sustained growth and rapid growth though there is a risk of
    overpopulation. When the level of overpopulation is reached, a number of negative
    effects can occur and a number of startling correlations are being discovered. Among
    the most definite and devastating effects of overpopulation is lack of land. The lack of land
    results in a number of things which result in negative impact on the population. Waste
    management of such populations is also difficult to handle effectively and can result in pollution
    and detriment to the environment. Without adequate land per individual the quality of housing

    decreases. Another result is insufficient land to produce crops. This results in hunger and
    ultimately starvation. These can be catastrophic and cause repercussions in the process. One
    example of these problems was London after the Industrial Revolution. Because of the population
    explosion in London, living space was minimal, leading to overcrowded conditions. A lack of food
    caused malnutrition, and poor waste management led to contaminated water supplies, which
    caused high levels of disease, such as typhoid and cholera.

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