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The Human Footprint

Chapter 17, Problem 3

An ecological footprint                  . a. is the position an individual holds in the ecological food chain; b. estimates the total land area required to support a particular person or human population; c. is equal to the size of a human population; d. helps determine the most appropriate wastewater treatment plan for a community; e. is often smaller than the actual land footprint of residences in a city

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Hello everyone here. We have a question saying an ecological footprint is the measure of the blank made by humans on global blank. Ecological footprint is the measure of demands made by humans on global natural resources. So our answer here is B and ecological footprint measures humans effect on the environment. It specifically measures human demand for global natural resources. And by doing this it tells us how unsustainable current practices are resulting in inequalities in resource consumption. So it really tells us how natural resources are being used and how they're going to be used up depending on our current practices. So again, our answer is B demands natural resources. Thank you for watching. Bye!