What happens in the example of the "Tragedy of the Commons"?
A) A shared resource is depleted by individuals who maximize their own gains.
B) An abundant resource is lost because it is not very valuable.
C) Individuals are not allowed to use a public resource.
D) One person ruins a shared resource by refusing to cooperate.
A
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What will be an ideal response?
When clays liquefy and flow like water, what type of mass movement is caused?
A)mudflow B)earth flow C)solifluction D)clay flow E)quick clays
The most important crop to the densely populated regions of East, South, and Southeast Asia is
A) tea. B) wet rice. C) wheat and barley. D) corn. E) cotton.
Which mineral formation process would have been responsible for creating a mineral deposit such as this?
A) Biological secretions of calcium carbonate B) Mineral precipitation from slowly moving groundwater C) Mineral precipitation from evaporating water D) Crystallization from molten material