Estimates Suggest That with Present Technologies, Businesses Can Readily Achieve

question 45

Multiple Choice

Estimates suggest that with present technologies, businesses can readily achieve at least a fourfold increase in efficiency, and perhaps as much as a tenfold increase. This can be achieved through the first principle of sustainability known as:

• A)biomimicry.
• B)eco-efficiency.
• C)the cradle-to-cradle responsibility.
• D)the take-make-waste model.

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Definitions:

Reticular Fibers

Fine, thread-like fibers made of collagen and glycoproteins that form the supportive meshwork in various tissues such as the lymph nodes and spleen.

Actin Myofilaments

Thin protein filaments in muscle cells that, along with myosin, are responsible for muscle contraction.

Tropomyosin

Fibrous protein found as a component of the actin myofilament.

Fibrous Actin

Filamentous actin, part of the cytoskeleton in cells, involved in various types of cell movement and the maintenance of cell shape.