Question
The environment performs four vital functions and the environment is able to perform these functions without any interruption as long as the demand on these functions is within its carrying capacity. 'In the given statement carrying capacity' implies to:
  1. The resource extraction is not above the rate of regeneration.
  2. Wastes generated are beyond the absorptive capacity of the environment.
  3. The resource extraction is not below the rate of regeneration.
  4. The resource and the wastes generated are within the assimilating capacity of the environment.
  1. 1, 2 and 4
  2. Both 2 and 4
  3. Both 1 and 4
  4. All of these.

Answer

  1. Both 1 and 4

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