Part of the Reason Air Quality Was So Poor in Chattanooga

question 46

Multiple Choice

Part of the reason air quality was so poor in Chattanooga, Tennessee in the 1960s was that

• A)there was a much higher concentration of cars than in other cities.
• B)the city is surrounded by mountains that kept pollutants from dispersing.
• C)the city is in close proximity to coal mining operations.
• D)there was a greater amount of pollutants due to the city's chemical and oil refineries.

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Definitions:

Output Effect

The impact on total production that occurs when a firm modifies the price of its good, influencing the quantity sold and altering the firm's output level.

Purely Competitive

A market structure characterized by a large number of small firms producing identical products, with easy entry and exit from the market, leading to no single firm having control over market price.

Wage Rate

The compensation paid to employees for their labor, typically expressed as an hourly, daily, or piece rate.

Variable Input

A factor of production whose quantity can be changed easily and quickly in the short run to increase or decrease output.