Question 42 (2 points) Read the following scenario and answer the questions belo

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Question 42 (2 points) Read the following scenario and answer the questions below Global dlimatic change has been a controversial topic. However, almost all environmental scientists agree that gases contribute to global climate change. Carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, due to rapid i rising standards of living in d s, and water vapor are the main culprits. These "greenhouse gases" have increased d ly in our e in the last 300 years, ization. Human actmes, chief among them the tapping and burring of fossil fuels for energy, signficantly increase gases in our atmosphere. With a countries, emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are expected to continue to rise. If unchecked, it is predicted that carbon levels by mid-century and double again by the end of the century. Computer models have shown that this rise alone could raise Earth's temperatures by 3 to 10 degrees Fahrenheit by 2100, 2) there is also greater consumption of natural resources 3) we compromise our living standards O 4) most people use public transportation

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Overpopulation contributes to global warming when there is greater comsumption of natural resources that is more utilisation of fossil fuels, more consumption of other resources too. Hence it contributes to global warming.

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