Which elements in the periodic table are least likely to combine with other elements? a. halogens
b. Nobel gases
c. alkaline earth metals
d. transition metals

What effect would average population growth have on land usage? a. urban use of land would rise to more than 30 percent of available land. b. industrial use of land would rise to more than 30 percent of available land. c. the percentage of available land used as cropland would stay the same. d. cropland would fall to about 10 percent of available land.