Property Rights Can Be Defined and Enforced

question 86

Multiple Choice

Property rights can be defined and enforced

• A)only by the government
• B)only by ethical norms
• C)by the government and by ethical norms
• D)only through constant renegotiation
• E)by government, by informal social actions, and by ethical norms

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Definitions:

Chestnut Blight

A fungal disease caused by Cryphonectria parasitica, which has devastated chestnut trees in North America by causing cankers that girdle and kill the trees.

Net Productivity

is the rate at which energy or biomass accumulates in an ecosystem's producers, after subtracting the energy used in respiration, representing the amount of new biological material.

Mineral Release

The process by which minerals become available to organisms in the environment, often through the weathering of rocks or decomposition of organic matter.

Sulfates

Compounds that contain the sulfate ion, SO4^2-, known for their role in atmospheric processes and potential to cause acid rain.