Human Destructiveness of the Environment Manifested Itself Early When

question 49

Multiple Choice

Human destructiveness of the environment manifested itself early when

• A)streams were polluted by settlements.
• B)fires were set to kill entire herds of reindeer and bison.
• C)cooking fires polluted the air.
• D)the beginnings of agriculture destroyed vast areas of soil.

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Definitions:

What-If Analysis

A process used in finance and business to assess the potential outcomes of different scenarios based on varying inputs or assumptions.

Variable Costs

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Sensitivity Analysis

An approach to assess how different values of an independent variable affect a particular dependent variable under a given set of assumptions.