Fossil Fuels Like Coal and Oil Produce Energy Efficiently Because

question 19

Multiple Choice

Fossil fuels like coal and oil produce energy efficiently because they

• A) release energy from the sun in stored carbons.
• B) were originally from plants.
• C) burn.
• D) work well with machines.

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Definitions:

Output

The quantity of goods or services produced by a business, individual, machine, or industry over a specified period.

Marginal Costs

Marginal costs refer to the increase or decrease in the total cost of producing one more unit of a good or service.

Marginal Productivity

The additional output that results from employing one more unit of input, such as labor or capital, while keeping other inputs constant.

Fixed Costs

Costs that remain constant regardless of the amount of goods produced or sold, like wages or lease payments.