What effect would uncontrolled population growth have on land? * 5 points
increased soil fertility and decreased erosion
increased soil fertility and increased erosion
decreased soil fertility and decreased erosion
O decreased soil fertility and increased erosion

The population increases so that the demand for food increases, lack of arable land leads to intensive cultivation, reclamation to expand cultivation land on sloping hills increases soil erosion, causes degradation, infertile soil.

Explanation:

a. decomposes use carbon from dead organisms as fuel for cellular respiration, returning carbon dioxide back into the atmosphere.