Question

A shepherd community improved its ability to sell its products internationally, which increased its sheep population exponentially. This eventually led to severe soil erosion and the pasture could no longer support even a small herd. As a result, the shepherds lost their sheep and their business failed. This is an example of:

(A) System instability
(B) Overshoot
(C) Environmental injustice
(D) Asset transition

Answer 1

Answer: This is an example of OVERSHOOT.

Explanation: In ecology, overshoot can be defined simply as a situation whereby the population of a species exceeds its environment's carrying capacity. Usually, there are conditions that restrict growth, which limits instances of overshoot.

Overshoot occurs when the birthrate is really too higher than the death rate and therefore the resources available in the environment cannot support the ecosystem.

This company sheep population increased exponentially with limited resources in the environment thereby causing damage to the whole population. This here is an example of OVERSHOOT.

Answer 2

Answer:(B) Overshoot

Explanation: Overshoot is a term used to describe the excessive usage of a material or some other things beyond the carrying capacity of that thing. In the case of the environment, overshoot means the over usage or excessive usage of environmental resources beyond the carrying capacity of the environment,leading to the destruction of the environment. The shepherd over grazed the farm land with the exponential growth of the Sheep's which caused erosion to occur that caused a huge and massive loss of all the Sheeps.