The increasing rate of population growth over the past 50 years is the result of:

a. increasing birth rates in the developed countries
b. increasing birth rates in the developing countries
c. decreasing mortality rates in the less developed countries
d. increasing mortality rates in the less developed countries


c

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A. ammonia B. hydrogen C. carbon dioxide D. water vapor E. nitrogen

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