Which of the Following Statements Regarding Sustainable Development Is True

question 21

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements regarding sustainable development is true?

• A) The extinction of some plant and animal species should not be viewed negatively when those species have no apparent beneficial use.
• B) Every action taken by humans negatively impacts our ecosystems. Therefore, human development is unsustainable.
• C) Practices that have been in place for decades must be sustainable, otherwise they would have been abandoned.
• D) Sustainability should be a goal at the local, state, regional, national, and global levels.
• E) Economic viability and sustainability are the same thing.

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Definitions:

Voltage-Gated Channel

A type of ion channel that opens or closes in response to changes in the electrical potential across a cell membrane.

Synaptic Vesicle

Synaptic vesicles are small sacs found in neurons that store various neurotransmitters released at the synapse during neurotransmission.

Presynaptic Terminal

The end of a nerve fiber that releases neurotransmitters to send a signal across a synapse to another nerve, muscle cell, or gland.

Large Molecules

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