Answer:
1. Causes: commercial production of many chemicals massive use of chemicals in food, agriculture, medicine, and industry
2. Consequences: increase in reproductive disorders contamination of soil, air, and water bioaccumulation and biomagnification of toxins in the food chain.
3. Solutions: consumer choice of low-toxicity products stricter regulations requiring that consumer products be thoroughly tested before being released to market.
Explanation:
This factors could lead to more toxic substances being released into the environment (causes), the consequences that result from toxic substances in the environment, and possible solutions to save environmental degradation.
Answer:
Elasticity
Explanation:
Elasticity of supply is a measure of the way suppliers respond to a change in price.
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Answer:
a. The effect of the tea shipment from India:
Imports:
Direction of change? (increase, decrease, no change)
Magnitude of change = $1,500,000
b. Because of the identity equation that relates to net exports, the (increase/decrease?) in U.S. net exports is matched by (an increase/a decrease?) in U.S. net capital outflow.
c. Examples of how the United States might be affected in this scenario:
The Indian tea producer purchases $1,500,000 worth of stock spread out over a few U.S. companies.
The Indian tea producer hangs on to the $1,500,000 so that it can use the U.S. dollars to make investments.
Explanation:
The net exports identity equation "Net Capital Outflow = Net Exports" measures the imbalance between a country's exports and imports. It also measures the imbalance between the foreign assets bought by domestic residents and the domestic assets bought by non-resident foreigners.
