Population Growth Alone Would Not Have Had Such a Huge

question 21

Multiple Choice

Population growth alone would not have had such a huge impact on the environment were it not for the accompanying fact that

• A) people have been having fewer children.
• B) there has been an intensive increase in the use of resources.
• C) the atmospheric conditions have been shifting.
• D) humans have settled in increasingly vulnerable parts of the planet.

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Definitions:

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