What Is Believed to Be the Most Significant Result of the Evolution

question 47

Multiple Choice

What is believed to be the most significant result of the evolution of the amniotic egg?

• A) Tetrapods are no longer tied to the water for reproduction.
• B) Tetrapods can now function with just lungs.
• C) Newborns are much less dependent on their parents.
• D) Embryos are protected from predators.

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Definitions:

Price-taker Industry

An industry in which individual firms have no control over the price of their product and must accept the market price set by the forces of supply and demand.

Price-taker Industry

An industry in which individual firms have no control over the price of their product; they "take" the market price as given.

Long-run Equilibrium

A state in which all factors of production and costs are variable, and firms no longer have any incentives to enter or exit the market, resulting in an optimal allocation of resources.