Figure 1.12 [PROD: Insert Figure 1.12 from the textbook.] Use the accompanying figure to answer the following questions. What changes first led to more rapid increases in population growth?

What will be an ideal response?


The population first began to increase more rapidly during the agricultural revolution, then began to increase even more rapidly during the Industrial Revolution.

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(Google Earth) In terms of the study of the composition of the atmosphere, what could these two data sets be used to analyze?

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