Assignment 2: Demographic TransitionsDemographic transition is the process in which a nation transitions from being a less industrialized society, with high birth and death rates, to an industrialized nation, with lower birth and death rates. Many countries have already been through this transition including the United States, England, and Canada.The demographic transition to an industrialized society is detrimental for the environment because industrialized societies tend to use up nonrenewable resources and give off pollution. Industrialized nations have the largest ecological and carbon footprint relative to developing or nonindustrialized countries. Fortunately, there are some benefits to the process of demographic transition, including lower birth and death rates. Essentially, people in industrialized countries have fewer children and this in turn helps control the overall population size.Demographic transition involves the following five stages:Stage 1High birth rate, high death rate, low population sizeStage 2High birth rate, decreasing death rate, increasing population sizeStage 3Decreasing birth rate, decreasing death rate, increasing population sizeStage 4Low birth rate, low death rate, high population sizeStage 5Low birth rate, low death rate, population size decreasingIt should be noted that stage 5 is controversial, and it is sometimes not considered to be a stage. This is partially because so few countries are at this stage.The following graph depicts the various stages of demographic transition:[img width="480" height="400" alt="" src="http://vizedhtmlcontent.next.ecollege.com/pub/content/dfb7880d-0ea6-450e-adcf-98e10668f8d5/AUO_SCI201_M2_A2_G2.jpg">CanadaEnglandGermanyRussiaItalyYou candownloadthe Demographic and Environmental Timeline—United States of America to review an example of such a timeline.Include the following points in your timeline in order to examine the advantages and drawbacks of demographic transition in your selected country:Major historical changes that caused the shift from one stage to another (if available).Changing population size through time (increasing or decreasing).Increase or decrease of birth and death rates through time—particularly when considering the process of industrialization.Environmental impact of this transition.Dates (if available), series of events, and scholarly references for these items.Support your timeline with appropriate examples and a minimum of three credible resources.Present your timeline in a media that best displays the information you researched. This can be in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, or Microsoft PowerPoint. Apply APA standards to citation of sources

Imagine you are a molecule of H2O. Describe your experiences as you travel through the hydrologic cycle. Illustrate how you change form/state of matter as you complete this cycle and enter the bodies of living organisms. Wherever you start your journey is where you should also end. Apply the following processes to your essay: evaporation and transpiration, precipitation, infiltration, runoff, and condensation. This essay is required to be scientifically accurate. You can read more about the water and the water cycle in Chapter 10.

Chapter 11 discusses the major practices that expose soil to erosion and how they can be corrected.  The three major practices are overgrazing, overcultivation, and deforestation. The World Wildlife Foundation also discusses soil erosion and degradation in this website: http://worldwildlife.org/threats/soil-erosion-and-degradationFor this week's individual work, write a 1-2 page paper (counting body text only, not title or reference pages) in double spaced, one-inch margins on all sides.  Respond to the following:What is soil erosion?What are the negative impacts of soil erosion?Define overgrazing, overcultivation, and deforestation. Include ideas on what people can do differently to reduce the impact of these three practices on soil erosion.Provide examples of where this happens both locally and regionally. Within the examples list the specific consequences.Requirements: Please make sure all of your assignments:Are written in paragraph form.Are double-spaced.Use 12 point, Times New Roman font.Include title & reference pages.Include at least one full page of text to the body of your essay.Include one-inch margins on all sides.Include a reference list at the end of your essay.  That includes all web sites, journals, articles, etc., you used.Please make sure you have not copied and pasted any information directly from any source; that is considered plagiarism.  There is no need to copy, or quote, anyone for this assignment. It is to be a written summary reflecting your own thoughts of your reading and research on this topic.  However, you should include in your reference list the source of your reading and research.