Outline some of the benefits and costs to society when it experiences growth. multiple choice Benefits: Higher income, higher employment, and a higher standard of living. Costs: Pollution, resource exhaustion, and destruction of natural habitat. Benefits: Higher income, higher employment, pollution, and resource exhaustion. Costs: Destruction of natural habitat and a higher standard of living. Benefits: Pollution, resource exhaustion, and destruction of natural habitat. Costs: Higher income, higher employment, and a higher standard of living. Benefits: Lower income, lower employment, and a higher standard of living. Costs: Pollution, resource renewal, and restoration of natural habitat