Nellie Has Just Discovered That She Is Pregnant

question 14

Multiple Choice

Nellie has just discovered that she is pregnant.She is a smoker and knows she should quit because nicotine is especially harmful to the fetus during the ____ stage of development and leads to ____.

• A) embryonic; low birth weight
• B) embryonic; intellectual disability
• C) fetal; loss of limbs
• D) fetal; brain damage

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Definitions:

Actual Production

The total quantity of goods and services produced by an economy or firm at any given time, reflecting real output.

Diagram

A simplified drawing showing the appearance, structure, or workings of something; a schematic representation.

Allocative Efficiency

A state of the economy in which production represents consumer preferences; every good or service is produced up to the point where the last unit provides a benefit to consumers equal to the cost of producing it.

Producer Surplus

The variance between the price producers are willing to take for a good or service and the price they end up receiving.