Comparative Advantage Exists When One Country Can Produce

question 216

Multiple Choice

Comparative advantage exists when one country can produce:

• A) more of a good than can another country.
• B) less of a good than can another country.
• C) a good at a higher opportunity cost than another country.
• D) a good at a lower opportunity cost than another country.

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Definitions:

Genetic Diversity

The variety of genetic information present within species, populations, or individuals, crucial for adaptation, survival, and resistance to diseases.

Inbreeding Depression

A reduction in the average fitness of inbred individuals relative to that of outbred individuals. It arises because rare recessive alleles become expressed in a homozygous state where they can affect detrimentally the performance of individuals.

Sperm Competition

A form of sexual selection occurring after mating, in which the sperm from multiple males compete to fertilize the eggs of a female.

Fertilizing Eggs

The process in which male gametes (sperm) fuse with female gametes (eggs) to initiate the development of a new organism.