Future Generations Affected by the Effects of an Oil Company

question 18

Multiple Choice

Future generations affected by the effects of an oil company drilling at an environmentally sensitive location are _________ stakeholders and are therefore _____.

• A) dormant; latent
• B) definitive; definitive
• C) discretionary; definitive
• D) discretionary; latent
• E) dormant; definitive

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Definitions:

pKa Values

A quantitative measure that indicates the strength of an acid; it's the logarithmic constant of a compound's dissociation in water.

Acids

Substances that donate protons (H+) in a chemical reaction and have a pH less than 7 in an aqueous solution.

pH

A measure of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution, on a scale in which 7 is neutral, lower values are more acidic, and higher values are more alkaline.

Aqueous Solution

A solution where water is the solvent in which solutes are dissolved.