This figure indicates that starting to enrich the majority of the world's population will have the immediate result of

A) first decreasing but then increasing population growth.
B) increasing population growth.
C) increasing emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2).
D) decreasing emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2).
E) decreasing population growth.


Answer: C

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences

You might also like to view...

Which of the following most accurately describes the process by which a dead zone occurs?

A) Overharvesting and poor fishing techniques create areas devoid of life within the ocean. B) Fertilizers and pesticides are carried from cities and farmland to the oceans, where these pollutants kill fish and other marine organisms, creating a zone devoid of life near shore. C) Nutrient runoff leads to increased growth of aquatic algae and plants, which remove oxygen from water in order to photosynthesize. Fish and other marine organisms are thus robbed of the oxygen they need. D) Increased nutrients lead to increased growth of algae and plants. When these organisms die, decomposers use oxygen in the water to break down the dead organisms. Fish and other marine organisms are thus robbed of the oxygen they need.

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences

cP air cold and humid

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences

The __________ of this nation was a product of various treaties and acquisitions that eventually resulted in the country extending from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.

-vision -globalization -manifestation -political geography -state boundaries

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences

Approximately what mass of ATP is required to raise the temperature of a person weighing 60 kg from room temperature, 25°C, to normal body temperature, 37°C?

A) 25 kg B) 50 kg C) 75 kg D) 100 kg

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences