What Is New About Environmental Problems Today Is

question 117

Multiple Choice

What is new about environmental problems today is

• A)that for the first time in history, we have environmental problems.
• B)the increased rate at which air and water pollution is occurring in the United States.
• C)the amount of attention the community now gives them.
• D)that environmental problems with pollution and garbage disposal have almost completely disappeared.

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Definitions:

Growth Rate

The percentage increase in the value of a particular variable (such as GDP, population) over a certain period of time, indicating the rate at which it is expanding or declining.

Overall Economy

The comprehensive system of production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services within a country or region.

Business Cycles

The fluctuating levels of economic activity that an economy experiences over a period, marked by periods of expansion and contraction.

Contractions

Periods in the business cycle where there is a decline in economic activity, marked by reduced spending and increased unemployment.