Which of the Following Is Characteristic of the Sierra Nevada

question 139

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is characteristic of the Sierra Nevada?

• A) peaks and cliffs of gray granite
• B) a large area of granitic rocks
• C) metamorphism of rocks within and adjacent to a batholith
• D) all of these

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Definitions:

Increasing-Cost Industry

Industry whose long-run supply curve is upward sloping.

Output Tax

A tax levied on the production or output of goods and services, often implemented to regulate or diminish the production of certain products.

Cost And Supply Curves

Graphical representations that show how the cost of producing a good and the quantity supplied vary with quantity produced.

Constant-Cost Industry

An industry in which the costs of production do not change as the industry's output changes.