The Opportunity Cost of a New Public Highway Is the

question 98

Multiple Choice

The opportunity cost of a new public highway is the

• A) money cost of hiring contractors and construction workers for the new highway.
• B) other goods and services that must be sacrificed to construct the new highway.
• C) cost of constructing the new highway in a future year.
• D) increased traffic from the use of the new highway.
• E) cost of constructing the new highway in a previous year.

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Haploid

Describes a cell or organism that contains a single set of chromosomes, typical of gametes in sexually reproducing organisms.

Gametophyte

The sexual phase in the life cycle of plants and algae that produces gametes, or sex cells.

Liverworts

Non-vascular plants belonging to the division Marchantiophyta, characterized by flat, leaf-like structures on their surface and found in moist, shaded environments.

Thallus

(Pl., thalli) The simple body of an alga, fungus, or nonvascular plant that lacks roots, stems, or leaves (e.g., a liverwort thallus or a lichen thallus).