It Once Took 90 Percent of Our Population to Grow

question 154

Multiple Choice

It once took 90 percent of our population to grow our food.It now takes only 3 percent of the population to grow our food.Which of the following statements is true?

• A) This loss of jobs has been detrimental to our economy.
• B) The government should provide subsidies to encourage more people to become farmers.
• C) This reduction in the number of farmers explains the increase in the price of food.
• D) Economists understand this is progress because the proportion of the population that used to be farmers is now employed in other professions.

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Definitions:

Articulating Surfaces

The contact regions between bones that move against each other in a joint, usually covered with articular cartilage.

Dislocation

An injury where the ends of bones are forced from their normal positions in the joint, causing pain and dysfunction.

Intervertebral Cartilage Disks

Cartilaginous pads situated between the vertebrae that help absorb shock and allow for flexibility of the spine.

Axial Skeleton

The part of the skeleton that consists of the bones of the head and trunk of a vertebrate.