Brain Sentry Is Starting a Firm in the Small Industry

question 22

Multiple Choice

Brain Sentry is starting a firm in the small industry that helps football teams discern whether a player has suffered a concussion. This industry is still so new that no standard operating procedures have been developed. The industry Brain Sentry is entering is an example of a(n) ________ industry.

• A) mature
• B) declining
• C) emerging
• D) global
• E) fragmented

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Definitions:

Producer

Autotroph. Organism that makes its own food using energy and nonbiological raw materials from the environment.

Detritivore

Animal that feeds on small bits of organic material.

Trophic Category

A classification describing the feeding position and role of an organism in an ecosystem's food chain or web.

Primary Consumer

Organisms that feed on primary producers or autotrophic plants, forming the second trophic level in the food chain.