Natural resources in the environment must be allocated responsibly. which of the following statements about allocation of resources is the most correct? a. natural resources are allocated according to local availability. b. natural resources are allocated based on population size. c. natural resources are allocated according to demand and economic strength. d. there is no observable pattern in resource allocation.

The correct answer is - c. Natural resources are allocated according to demand and economic strength.

The allocation of the natural resources can be seen the easiest by just looking at the usage of the same, and where and in what amount it is. Most of the natural resources find their places i the countries that are economic power houses, while the poorer countries use only very small amount of them. Maybe the best thing that will depict this are China and the United States, where we have a situation that just two countries in the world use almost half of the natural resources on the world market.

answer(c) carved on a babylonian clay tablet that showed earth as a flat circular disk;