Ecologists Study

question 12

Multiple Choice

Ecologists study

• A) communities.
• B) ecosystems.
• C) individual organisms.
• D) populations.
• E) All of the choices are correct.

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Definitions:

Decreasing-Cost Industry

An industry in which production costs decrease as the industry grows and output increases, often due to economies of scale.

LRAC Curve

The Long-Run Average Cost curve, showing the lowest possible cost of producing different levels of output when all inputs are variable.

Increasing-Cost Industry

An industry where production costs increase as output grows, often due to resource limitations or regulatory constraints.

Decreasing-Cost Industry

An industry in which average costs of production decrease as the industry grows larger, often due to economies of scale.