Analyzing ecological footprints reveals that(A) Earth’s carrying capacity would increase if per capita meatconsumption increased.(B) current demand by industrialized countries for resourcesis much smaller than the ecological footprint of thosecountries.(C) it is not possible for technological improvements toincrease Earth’s carrying capacity for humans.(D) the ecological footprint of the United States is large becauseper capita resource use is high.

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Ecology contains two words: Eikos means dwelling, and logy means to study, so the combined meaning is studying habitat or living.