The Problem of Determining What Goods and Services Society Should

question 42

Multiple Choice

The problem of determining what goods and services society should produce:

• A) exists because we can produce more than we need or want.
• B) exists because there are not enough resources to provide all the goods and services that people want to purchase.
• C) would not exist if all goods and services were scarce.
• D) would not exist if government owned all of the resources.

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Definitions:

Ribosomes

Cellular organelles that function as the site of protein synthesis, reading mRNA and assembling amino acids into proteins.

Golgi Apparatus

A cell organelle involved in modifying, sorting, and packaging proteins and lipids for secretion or use within the cell.

Vacuole

Membrane-bound sac, larger than a vesicle; usually functions in storage and can contain a variety of substances. In plants, the central vacuole fills much of the interior of the cell.

Plant Cells

The basic structural and functional units of plants, distinguished by their cell wall, chloroplasts, and central vacuole.