What Is a "Carrying Capacity

question 8

Multiple Choice

What is a "carrying capacity?"

• A)the amount of pollution that the environment can bear before global warming sets in
• B)the maximum population that the earth can support
• C)the amount of labor that can be produced from a single adult man
• D)the maximum number of children that a woman can produce
• E)None of these choices is correct.

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