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

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


• Increasing population strains resources and creates additional wastes.

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A. the planetary management worldview B. the stewardship worldview C. the  environmental wisdom worldview D. the environmental justice movement E. the renewable worldview

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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The humid subtropical climates are generally bordered by:

a. tropical savanna climates on their equatorward sides b. humid continental, mild summer climates on their poleward sides c. oceans on their western margins d. steppe climates on their eastern margins

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