Question

According to Robert Malthus, population rises in ________ progression whereas agricultural production grows in ________ progression.

Answer 1

According to 'Robert Malthus, the 'population rises in geometric progression' whereas 'agricultural production' grows in arithmetic progression'.

Explanation:

• According to Malthus, while the amount of subsistence increases by arithmetic progression, the population grows by geometric progression, inexorably leading to supply shortages.
• The population grows in evolutionary progression whereas food sources grow in a natural progression.
• The human evolves with time and adopts the traits of parent gamete whereas plants show the natural process with the factors that are used for the productions a single trait that is described best with the allele.