If a Person Does Not Pay All Costs Associated with a Particular

question 156

Multiple Choice

If a person does not pay all costs associated with a particular resource-using activity, then

• A) the external costs of the activity are greater than the private costs of the activity.
• B) the social costs of the activity are greater than the private costs of the activity.
• C) the external costs of the activity are greater than the internal costs of the activity.
• D) the full costs of the activity are the sum of private costs plus internal costs.

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Definitions:

Protein Molecules

Large biomolecules comprised of one or more long chains of amino acid residues which play critical roles in the body, including catalyzing metabolic reactions and DNA replication.

Epigenetic Mark

Alterations to DNA and histone proteins that influence gene activity without changing the DNA sequence itself.

Gene

A unit of heredity made up of DNA that is passed from parents to offspring and determines some characteristic of the offspring.

Fraternal Twins

Twins formed from the fertilization of two separate eggs by two different sperm cells, resulting in genetically distinct individuals.