To Feed an Increasing World Population, Humanity Has Needed to Increase

question 14

Multiple Choice

To feed an increasing world population, humanity has needed to increase the carrying capacity of the planet. This has involved ___________.

• A) dependence on the use of fossil fuels to grow food
• B) dependence on the use of herbicides to grow food
• C) removing more fish from the oceans than they can repopulate
• D) destruction of animal habitat for human use
• E) It has involved all of the above issues

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Definitions:

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Relating to, describing, or based on categories, often used in statistics to refer to variables that represent types rather than numbers.

Variables

Characteristics or quantities that can assume different values across individuals or over time.

Values

Numerical or categorical data represented or measured in statistics, programming, and various scientific disciplines, reflecting quantities, characteristics, or labels.

Variables

Characteristics or properties of an object or event that can take on different values or categories.