FORESTRY
ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT
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Question
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What has led to the rapid increase in the human population over the past 200 years?
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the agricultural revolution
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the industrial revolution
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improvements in waste disposal and medicine
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all of these
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In addition, the Industrial Revolution, which brought about an unprecedented demographic explosion. In the 19th century, the population doubled and in the 20th century, it even tripled, reaching 6 billion in the year 2000. Medical, scientific and economic advances led to this exponential growth.
Detailed explanation-2: -Rapid population growth is caused by falling death rates with a high birth rate.
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