What Happens to Us Because of Scarcity

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Multiple Choice

What happens to us because of scarcity?

• A) We can obtain more of a desirable good without sacrificing other goods and services.
• B) We face shortages of goods that prevail at current market prices.
• C) We must sacrifice valuable alternatives to obtain more goods and services we desire.
• D) We have an opportunity cost of consumption which is zero.

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Definitions:

Primary Walls

The thin, flexible and extensible layer of the cell wall that is first formed when a plant cell is growing, made mainly of cellulose and other polysaccharides.

Scanning Electron Microscopy

A type of electron microscopy that produces high-resolution images of the surface of a sample by scanning it with a focused beam of electrons.

Electron Beam

A stream of electrons moved through a vacuum or air, utilized in various applications including welding and electron microscopy.

Integrins

Receptor proteins that bind to specific proteins in the extracellular matrix and to membrane proteins on adjacent cells; transmit signals into the cell from the extracellular matrix.