Tectonic Plates Move About as Fast as

question 12

Multiple Choice

Tectonic plates move about as fast as

• A) a car moves on a city street.
• B) fingernails grow.
• C) a swallow flies.
• D) a tortoise walks.
• E) hotspot.

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Definitions:

Variable Costing

An accounting method that includes only variable production costs (direct labor, direct materials, and variable manufacturing overhead) in product costs.

Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis

An accounting technique used to determine how changes in costs and sales volume affect a company's operating income and net income.

Absorption Costing

An accounting method that includes all manufacturing costs (direct materials, direct labor, and overhead) in the cost of a product.

Common Fixed Costs

Costs that are shared by multiple segments or products of a company and do not change with the volume of production for any single product.