During a Field Assignment with Her Students, Professor Miller Observes

question 28

Multiple Choice

During a field assignment with her students, Professor Miller observes two male elephant seals engaged in a fierce battle. She explains to her students that they are fighting for mating control of the female harem, a process termed

• A) intersexual selection.
• B) intrasexual selection.
• C) sexual fitness.
• D) sexual adaptation.

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Definitions:

Production

The process of combining various material inputs and immaterial inputs (plans, know-how) to make something for consumption.

Labor Demand Curve

A graphical representation showing the relationship between the wages paid to workers and the number of workers that employers are willing to hire.

Marginal Product

The additional output that is produced by using one more unit of a variable input.

Average Product

The output produced per unit of input, calculated by dividing total product by the number of units of input, often used to measure productivity.