Explanation Justify the reasons for the correct statement: The ecological footprints are given or measured in terms of earth equivalents. This factor can be calculated using a formula. This formula is used to calculate the area or number of earth, planets required for food production and waste excretion. This formula adds up the biological demand of all the people. Option (c) is given as, “ecological footprint”. Hence, the option (c) is correct. Justify the reasons for the incorrect statements: Option (a) is given as, “ecosystem”. An ecosystem is a biological community of living organisms that are interacting. It does not deal with the biological area required by the human. Hence, it is a wrong answer. Option (b) is given as, “sustainability”...

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A global hectare can be defined as the area that encloses the average productivity of all biological productive land in addition to sea area in the world. Cropland, forest, and fishing grounds are some of the biological productive areas. Some of the highly productive areas are estuaries and marshes.

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