Question

Consider a human population that consumes a certain resource. Which of the following statements about this situation is most likely to be true?
If the size of the population increases, individual people will want to use more of the resource.
If the size of the population increases, the amount of the resource consumed will also increase.
The amount of the resource that is consumed will decrease if the size of the population increases.
The amount of the resource that is consumed does not depend on the size of the population.

Answer 1

If the size of the population increases, the amount of the resource consumed will also increase.

Answer 2

If the size of the population increases, the amount of the resource consumed will also increase