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If the population of the species of the earth increase will it effect the mass of the earth?
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∙ 14y ago
No, population increases on earth do not increase the mass of the earth. Plants and animals arise (via life processes) from using the materials on the earth to build their structures and enlarge. These living organisms convert existing material into themselves. Plants and animals alike perform these "conversions" throughout their lives, and have done so from time immemorial.
It could be argued that the earth is gaining mass because it continually "captures" material from space in the form of subatomic particles from the solar wind, but that would be as nothing compared to the tiny bits of dust and rock that the earth "gobbles up" 24-7. p-u-s-s-yThere are even occasional large rocks and such slamming into the surface of the earth (the smaller ones are burned up in the atmosphere). All this adds mass to the earth. Light, which is energy and is weightless, adds nothing to the mass of the earth, though sunlight drives almost all of the biochemical chains of life on earth.
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∙ 11y agoFewer of us would be able to haul it out of bed in the morning, and those that could
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At what altitude does the Earth's gravity no longer have an effect on the astronauts or the space shuttle?
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Global warm effect?
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What might humans do to increase the earth carrying for all species?
Humans need to maintain enough space and resources to increase the earth's capacity for all species. They have to make sure that they and other people have enough to survive.
What might humans do to increase earth carrying capacity for all species?
Humans need to maintain enough space and resources to increase the earth's capacity for all species. They have to make sure that they and other people have enough to survive.
What is the temperature of it atmosphere is increased by the greenhouse effect?
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What is the most people the earth can inhabit?
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What is a way that humans could increase the earth's capacity for our species?
by eating only plants
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Ozone diffusion and greenhouse effect increase the temperature on earth. This can cause various natural calamities.
What would be a good title for a science project on earth?
Population growth and species survival.
