Which situation would most likely increase the carrying capacity for humans
in a certain region?
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a. limited access to medicine
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b. a higher rate of disease
c. a new source of freshwater
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d. longer, colder winters

The kidney filters potentially toxic substances in the blood, and thus “clears” the blood of those substances. this clearance function is dependent upon and proportional to the diffusion gradient of the substance across filtering capillaries, i.e. if the concentration of the substance is doubled, twice as much will be cleared from each ml of blood that is filtered. suppose that the body produces a constant amount of a substance x per unit of time. the kidneys eliminate substance x at a rate directly proportional to the concentration of the substance and the volume of blood cleared each minute (c): elimination = c × [x], where [x] is the steady-state concentration of substance x. imagine an individual with an initial concentration of x equal to [x]0 who develops kidney disease. her baseline clearance c0 drops to one half of the original (½c0). what is the new steady state concentration of x? (for simplicity, assume that substance x is 100% filtered by the kidney).

Which characteristics are typical of a human population in the postindustrial stage?

Which of these is an example of land degradation? a. containers designed to store pollutants leak. b. fertilizers provide too many nutrients to crops. c. garbage is buried so the land can be reclaimed later. d. a drought kills all the plants in an area, leaving bare land