Asked by Jonathan Riendeau on May 26, 2024
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Below is a source followed by passage(s) from student papers. If the student has summarized, directly quoted, or indirectly quoted the source correctly, select the answer "Correct." If you believe the source is incorrectly summarized or plagiarized, select the answer "Incorrect."
"So why should we care about population growth in the world, in China, in the United States, or anywhere else? The primary reason is that each of us depends on the earth's life-support systems to meet our basic needs for air, water, food, land, shelter, and energy as well as our needs for a number of other natural resources that we use to produce an incredible variety of manufactured goods.
As our population grows and incomes rise, we use more of the earth's natural resources to satisfy our growing wants, and this increases our ecological footprints. The result can be degradation and depletion of the natural capital that keeps us alive and supports our lifestyles and economies."
⎯ Miller, G. Tyler, and Scott E. Spoolman. Environmental Science. 14th ed. Belmont: Brooks/Cole, 2013. Print. Page 94.
Student version: Population growth should matter to us all because it threatens our lifestyles and economies. According to the book Environmental Science , we have to remember that we depend on the earth's life-support systems to meet our basic needs, and population growth causes degradation and depletion of the natural capital that keeps us alive.
A) Correct
B) Incorrect
Natural Capital
The world's stocks of natural resources, which include geology, soil, air, water, and all living organisms.
Ecological Footprints
A measure of the impact humans have on the environment, quantifying the amount of natural resources used and waste produced.
Population Growth
The increase in the number of individuals in a population, often influenced by factors such as birth rates, death rates, and migration.
- Understand the effect of population expansion on natural resources as outlined in the given materials.
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Learning Objectives
- Understand the effect of population expansion on natural resources as outlined in the given materials.
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