Damage to the Environment Occurs Because

question 118

Multiple Choice

Damage to the environment occurs because:

• A) most businesses just don't care about the environment.
• B) consumers want goods and services at the lowest prices no matter what other costs may be incurred.
• C) pollution results from production of goods and services.
• D) pollution reduces the social cost of production.

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Definitions:

DDT

Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane, a synthetic organic compound once widely used as an insecticide, now known to be an environmental pollutant.

Herbivores

Organisms that primarily eat plants, including leaves, flowers, stems, and sometimes roots, for their nutrition.

Autotrophs

Organisms capable of producing their own food from inorganic substances using light or chemical energy, without consuming organic substances from other organisms.

Heterotrophs

Organisms that cannot synthesize their own food and rely on other organisms — both plants and animals — for nutrition.