Environmental Quality Is

question 19

Multiple Choice

Environmental quality is

• A)a public good.
• B)best improved through government's prohibiting externalities.
• C)maximized when costs of pollution are external.
• D)minimized when optimal levels of pollution are produced.

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Definitions:

Cladogram

A diagram that depicts the evolutionary relationships among groups of organisms based on shared characteristics derived from a common ancestor.

Shared Derived Trait

A characteristic that is present in an ancestral species and is shared exclusively by its evolutionary descendants.

HMS Beagle

A British Royal Navy ship on which Charles Darwin made his famous voyage, providing key observations that led to the development of his theory of natural selection.

Darwin

Charles Darwin, a 19th-century naturalist best known for his contributions to the theory of evolution through natural selection.