A Period of Sustained Growth in Output in an Economy

question 137

Multiple Choice

A period of sustained growth in output in an economy is referred to as a(n) _____.

• A)expansion
• B)contraction
• C)peak
• D)trough
• E)recession

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Definitions:

Prebiotic Soup Hypothesis

A theory suggesting that life on Earth began in a "soup" of organic molecules, possibly in the oceans, facilitated by energy from sunlight or geothermal sources.

Fossil Record

The accumulation of evidence in rock layers about the history of life on Earth, including the remains or imprints of organisms from past geologic ages.

Homo Sapiens

Modern human species.

Quaternary

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