SCIENCE
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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Question
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we are isolated in space
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we cannot really leave our planet and settle other places
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we have limited resources like food, water, and other things
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all of these answers are correct
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Detailed explanation-1: -Earth is a planet surrounded by the vacuum of Space, which is a hostile environment to life living on Earth. Space isolates Earth. The Earth and an island have a carrying capacity for the human population and they both have limited rescources. We are all “trapped” on this planet.
Detailed explanation-2: -The word island derives from Middle English iland, from Old English igland (from ig or ieg, similarly meaning ‘island’ when used independently, and-land carrying its contemporary meaning; cf.
Detailed explanation-3: -An island is a body of land surrounded by water. Continents are also surrounded by water, but because they are so big, they are not considered islands. Australia, the smallest continent, is more than three times the size of Greenland, the largest island.
Detailed explanation-4: -island, any area of land smaller than a continent and entirely surrounded by water. Islands may occur in oceans, seas, lakes, or rivers. A group of islands is called an archipelago. Islands may be classified as either continental or oceanic.