Question

The term biocapacity refers to _______.the average number of children born per womanthe rate of human population growththe amount of productive land and sea available to usthe cumulative surface area of Earth required to support a person or a populationP

Answer 1

Answer:

the amount of productive land and sea available to us.

Explanation:

Biocapacity is an term that refers to the amount of available natural resources, its potential capacity for production and reproduction, and of possible renewal of said resources within a geographical area. In other words, this refers to the productive land and sea available to us, the potential these resources have to sustain human life while absorbing the effects of humans on them, and the potential to renew these natural resources. Biocapacity has become a very important concept to understand the effect humans have on the environment. An improvement in biocapacity will mean that the Earth will be able to better sustain the current human population without compromising the well being of future generations.