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What is one possible environmental effect of population growth?

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Correct answer: Increase in resource use and waste

Population growth can increase the total demand for food, water, energy, land, housing, transport, and manufactured goods. If production and consumption are not managed sustainably, this greater demand can lead to more extraction of natural resources and more solid waste, sewage, air pollution, or greenhouse-gas emissions. The exact environmental effect depends on technology, consumption patterns, planning, and resource management, so the question appropriately asks for one possible effect rather than an unavoidable result.

Option A is correct because increased resource use and waste are plausible consequences of a larger population. Option B is impossible: population growth does not enlarge Earth's physical size. Option C does not follow because the length of a day is not determined by ordinary population change. Option D is also impossible; the number of continents does not increase simply because more people live on Earth.

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Environmental ImpactResource UseWaste GenerationPopulation GrowthThe World Population – DistributionDensity And GrowthThe World Population Distribution Density And GrowthGeography

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