Population Expansion Can Impede Economic Development for the Following Reasons

question 252

Multiple Choice

Population expansion can impede economic development for the following reasons except

• A) reduced saving and investment rates.
• B) reduced productivity of labor.
• C) a larger supply of labor.
• D) its contribution to urban congestion and problems.

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Definitions:

Neurotransmitters

Chemicals that transmit signals across a synapse from one neuron to another in the brain.

Appetite Suppression

The decrease in the desire to eat, potentially due to psychological factors, physiological mechanisms, or external substances.

Natural Selection

The process by which organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring, a key mechanism of evolution described by Charles Darwin.

Evolution

The process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth.