Which of the Following Is NOT an Example of an Externality

question 55

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT an example of an externality?

• A)The development of a vaccine for preventing SARS.
• B)Gas prices that rise in the summer due to increased vacation travel.
• C)Shipbreaking that industrial nations have exported to less developed countries.
• D)A factory that dumps dangerous chemicals into Lake Erie.

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Definitions:

Actively Secreted

The process by which substances are transported out of a cell involving energy consumption, often against a concentration gradient.

Bicarbonate Ions

Ions that act as a buffer in maintaining the pH balance in blood and other fluids in the body.

ADH

Antidiuretic hormone, a hormone produced by the pituitary gland that regulates the body's retention of water by increasing the concentration of urine.

Distal Convoluted Tubule

A twisted tubular segment of the nephron in the kidney that functions in the reabsorption of water, sodium, and chloride and the secretion of potassium and hydrogen ions.