While waiting to pay for his weekly groceries at the supermarket, paul had to wait about 20 minutes in a long line at the checkout because only one cashier was on duty. when he was finally ready to pay, his debit card was declined because he did not have enough money left in his checking account. because he had left his credit cards at home, he had to place the groceries back into the cart and head home to retrieve a credit card. while driving back to his home, traffic was backed up two miles due to an accident. these events that paul had to endure are best characterized as
chronic stressors
acute stressors
daily hassles
readjustment occurrences

Daily Hassles

Explanation:

An annoyance is an unpleasant state, characterized by a situation that presents irritation and leads the individual to reach high degrees of frustration, sadness and anger. A daily annoyance fits into this context, but it refers to a situation that presents a small problem related to an everyday and superfull situation, such as leaving home and forgetting the keys, or in the case exposed, forgetting credit cards and have to face intense traffic.

i have to go with a for this one

question - in 1827, john walker, a druggist in a small english town, tipped a splint with sulphur, chlorate of potash, and sulphid of antimony, and rubbed it on sandpaper, and it burst into flame. the druggist had discovered the first friction-chemical match, the kind we use to-day. it is called friction-chemical because it is made by mixing certain chemicals together and rubbing them. although walker's match did not require the bottle of acid, nevertheless it was not a good one. it could be lighted only by hard rubbing, and it sputtered and threw fire in all directions. in a few years, however, phosphorus was substituted on the tip for antimony, and the change worked wonders. the match could now be lighted with very little rubbing, and it was no longer necessary to have sandpaper upon which to rub it. it would ignite when rubbed on any dry surface, and there was no longer any sputtering. this was the phosphorus match, the match with which we are so familiar. according the paragraph what was the benefit of the new phosphorus match? it burst into flame when rubbed on sandpaper. it was made by mixing chemicals. it could be ignited on any dry surface. it threw fire in all directions.

answer - matches required natural chemicals