Question

What does the IPAT model represent?

a. It represents the interaction among our producers, consumers, and detritus feeders.
b. It represents the interaction among our wind turbines, our solar panels, and our dams.
c. It represents the interaction between our population, affluence, and technology.
d. It represents the interaction among our use of water, fuels, and food.

Answer 1

Answer: Option (C) is correct

Step-by-step explanation:

IPAT model was first given and proposed by commoners Ehrlich and Holdren in the early 19th century given as a way in which one can calculate or evaluate the impact of an individual on the environment and its surroundings. IPAT is referred to as or known as an equation which tends to express the idea or notion that an environmental impact( represented as I ) is product of the following three factors, i.e. population, affluence and technology .