Why Is Human Population Growth an Important Topic in Environmental

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Multiple Choice

Why is human population growth an important topic in environmental science?

• A)People use earth's resources so the size of the human population is important in studying the amount of resource use and waste produced.
• B)Human reproduction is based in biology so the study of human populations is a science.
• C)The study of human populations requires statistics which is an important discipline for studying environmental science.
• D)Humans are members of the animal kingdom,and the populations of animals are important to understand when studying the environment.
• E)Demography is not a discipline within environmental science because human reproduction is a discipline in the study of medicine.

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