Which of the Following Statements Best Describes the Interaction Between

question 46

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements best describes the interaction between fire and ecosystems?

• A)Fires maintain the low,widely scattered vegetation found in deserts.
• B)Many kinds of plants and plant communities have adapted to frequent fires.
• C)Many species in temperate broadleaf forests depend on fire to regenerate.
• D)Chaparral communities have evolved to the extent that they rarely burn.
• E)Most species have not adapted to fire as it is unnatural in every ecosystem.

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Definitions:

Inverse Demand Function

A mathematical function that expresses price as a function of quantity demanded, depicting how the market price of a good will adjust to balance demand with supply.

Inverse Supply

A concept describing the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity supplied, typically showing that as price decreases, the quantity supplied decreases.

Pareto Optimal

A state of allocation of resources from which it is impossible to reallocate so as to make any one individual or preference criterion better off without making at least one individual or preference criterion worse off.

Supply Curve

A graphical representation showing the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity of the good that suppliers are willing to sell.