What is an "ecological footprint"? What is the difference in size of the ecological footprint of a person in an industrialized country versus in a developing country?
The "ecological footprint" is the productive land and water required to supply all of the resources an individual consumes and to absorb all of the wastes generated using prevailing practices. The footprint of each individual is four times larger in an industrialized country than in a developing one.
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Which of the following is true regarding phytochemicals?
a. Supplements have the same benefits as consuming the whole foods. b. Absorption depends on the presence of other phytochemicals and nutrients in foods. c. They work individually. d. The optimal combinations of different types are known.
Bile is produced by the
A) stomach. B) pancreas. C) gallbladder. D) liver.
Sam's total cholesterol is 270 mg/dL and his HDL cholesterol is 30 mg/dL. What is his cholesterol ratio, and is it healthy or not?
a. 1:9, healthy b. 1:1, healthy c. 1:1, not healthy d. 9:1, not healthy
The one serious limitation of fixed budgets is: a. information technology has not been able to play a part in fixed budgets
b. fixed budgets are very difficult and expensive to manage. c. they don't provide managers with goals for financial performance that can be measured each accounting period. d. they don't have enough flexibility to be responsive to changes in the volume of work that needs to be done.