Innovation Can Best Be Thought of as

question 119

Multiple Choice

Innovation can best be thought of as

• A)another word for invention.
• B)what occurs when new capital equipment is used.
• C)the discovery of a new principle.
• D)what occurs when new knowledge is applied in production.
• E)what happens when a new business is started.

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Definitions:

Linear Island Chain

A sequence of islands that form in a straight line, often over a volcanic hot spot, as a tectonic plate moves over it.

Fracture Zone

An area of the ocean floor where tectonic plates have fractured, leading to seismic activity and the formation of geological structures.

Oceanic Trench

Deep, narrow depressions in the ocean floor, formed by subduction zones where one tectonic plate is forced under another.

Mid-ocean Ridge

An underwater mountain system formed by plate tectonics, featuring a continuous volcanic ridge at the boundary of diverging tectonic plates.