Forest Is a Mountain Man Living in Complete Isolation in Montana

question 53

Multiple Choice

Forest is a mountain man living in complete isolation in Montana. He is completely self-sufficient through hunting, fishing, and farming. He has not been in the city to buy anything in five years. One can infer:

• A) the scarcity principle does not apply to Forest.
• B) Forest is not required to make choices.
• C) the scarcity principle still applies because more hunting means less fishing and farming.
• D) Forest is very satisfied.

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Definitions:

Acquired Mutations

Genetic alterations that occur in an organism's lifetime rather than being inherited, often resulting from environmental factors or errors in DNA replication.

Tay-Sachs Disease

A genetic disorder caused by a deficiency of a specific enzyme, leading to the accumulation of fats in nerve cells, resulting in progressive neurodegeneration.

Recessive Allele

A variant of a gene that must be inherited from both parents to be expressed in the offspring's phenotype.

Tay-Sachs Disease

A genetic disorder that results in the destruction of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, leading to severe neurological impairment and early death.