The Production Possibilities Frontier Has a Tendency to Bow Outward

question 45

True/False

The production possibilities frontier has a tendency to bow outward from the origin.

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Definitions:

Potential Energy

The energy possessed by an object due to its position, condition, or structure, such as a rock at the top of a hill or water held behind a dam.

Energy Quality

Energy Quality refers to the ability of a form of energy to perform work; higher quality energies are more easily used to perform work effectively.

Electricity

The set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of electric charge, used as a form of energy.

Ionizing Radiation

Radiation with enough energy to remove tightly bound electrons from atoms, thus creating ions, and can lead to chemical changes and damage biological tissues.