Why Is Human Population Growth Often Considered the Foremost Environmental

question 22

Multiple Choice

Why is human population growth often considered the foremost environmental problem?

• A)The Earth will run out of open land space within the next 50 years.
• B)Increasing population strains resources and creates additional wastes.
• C)There is no way to provide food for additional people.
• D)There is insufficient oxygen production on Earth for more than 10 billion people.

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