Which form of scarcity would apply to the following example? A city experiences a period of drought in which rivers and groundwater wells dry up, so there is no fresh water available.(1 point)

Responses

economic scarcity
economic scarcity

physical scarcity
physical scarcity

political scarcity
political scarcity

artificial scarcity

1 answer

The appropriate form of scarcity for the given example is physical scarcity. This type of scarcity occurs when natural resources are limited due to environmental factors such as drought, which leads to the unavailability of fresh water.