Green Taxes or Ecotaxes

question 51

Multiple Choice

Green taxes or ecotaxes

• A) can be administered by existing tax agencies
• B) help bring about full-cost pricing
• C) encourage businesses to develop environmentally beneficial technologies
• D) discourage pollution
• E) all of these answers

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Definitions:

Auditory Hair Cells

Sensory cells located in the cochlea of the inner ear that convert sound waves into electrical signals for the brain to interpret as sound.

Rods and Cones

Photoreceptor cells in the retina of the eye, with rods being responsible for vision at low light levels and cones being responsible for color vision and detail.

Pitch Perception

The process by which sounds are interpreted as being high or low, dependent on the frequency of the sound waves.

Frequency Theory

A theory in hearing that suggests the perception of pitch is related to the frequency at which the entire basilar membrane vibrates.