Which of the following is the most likely result of converting farmland to urban development? a. people learn to live off less food. b. people discover more efficient ways to grow crops. c. food costs decrease. d. the amount of land available for growing crops decreases.

I think the answer is D. The amount of land available for growing crops decreases

But if you have these answers,

A. Food costs more because there is less cropland

B. The amount of cropland available increases

C. Learn to live off less food

D. People discover more efficient ways to grow crops

The answer is A. Food cost more because there is less cropland (Apex)

because of

1. the energy lost to disorder metabolism     -entropy

2. related to or possessing motion potential     -kinetic

3. all of the chemical reactions in an organism required for maintenance of the processes of life entropy     -metabolism

4. possible; ability to go into action or perform work kinetic     -potential

5. the study of energy and its transformations thermodynamics     -thermodynamics