Which Is Most Closely Associated with Negative Feedback

question 46

Multiple Choice

Which is most closely associated with negative feedback?

• A)As you continue to turn a faucet handle,more water flows out of it.
• B)A child cuts his finger and the blood clotting process begins.
• C)As the temperature falls in a house,the heater comes on.
• D)As a woman goes into labor,hormones are secreted that stimulate the process.

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Definitions:

Perfectly Inelastic

A market situation where the quantity demanded does not change as the price changes.

Demand Curve

A graph showing the relationship between the price of a good or service and the quantity of that good or service that consumers are willing to buy at each price point.

Perfectly Elastic

Describes a situation in economics where a small change in price leads to an infinite change in quantity demanded or supplied.

Price Elasticity of Demand

A measure that calculates the change in the quantity demanded of a good in response to a change in its price.