Question

question 15 (1 point)
countries with the largest per capita \ecological footprint\
a) tend to be among the worlds poorest.
b) include the united states.
c) are uniformly those countries with the largest populations.
d) tend to have the highest fertility rates.

Explanation:

The ecological footprint measures the amount of biologically - productive land and sea area an individual, population, or activity uses to produce the resources it consumes and to absorb its waste.

• Option A: Poor countries generally have a smaller ecological footprint as they consume fewer resources due to limited access to resources and lower levels of industrialization.
• Option B: The United States is a highly developed country with a high - consumption lifestyle. It has a large per capita ecological footprint due to factors such as high energy consumption (for heating, cooling, transportation), large land use for agriculture (often in a resource - intensive way), and high levels of consumer goods production and use.
• Option C: Countries with the largest populations (e.g., China, India) do not have the largest per capita ecological footprints. China and India have relatively large total ecological footprints because of their population size, but on a per capita basis, they are much lower than many developed countries.
• Option D: Fertility rate (the number of children per woman) is not directly related to per capita ecological footprint. Some countries with high fertility rates are poor and have low per capita resource consumption.

Answer:

B. include the United States.