Question

which challenges can occur as a result of a growing population? choose all answers that are correct. job shortages lack of geothermal energy increase in disease harmful changes to the environment

Explanation:

• Job shortages: A larger working-age population means more people seeking jobs than available positions, creating shortages.
• Lack of geothermal energy: Geothermal energy is a renewable resource not directly tied to population growth; it depends on geological access and infrastructure, not population size.
• Increase in disease: Denser populations raise transmission risks of infectious diseases, and strained healthcare systems worsen disease impacts.
• Harmful environmental changes: More people drive higher resource consumption, pollution, deforestation, and habitat destruction, harming the environment.

Answer:

• job shortages
• increase in disease
• harmful changes to the environment