The Average Product Curve

question 185

Multiple Choice

The average product curve

• A) initially falls then rises.
• B) rises as average variable cost increases.
• C) initially rises and then falls.
• D) shows how productivity changes as output changes.
• E) intersects the marginal cost curve when the average product curve is at its maximum.

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Definitions:

Energy Stored

The potential energy held by an object, substance, or system due to its position or state, which can be converted into work.

Pyruvate

Three-carbon product of glycolysis.

Glycolysis

The metabolic pathway that converts glucose into pyruvate, producing ATP and NADH, and is the first step of cellular respiration in all living cells.

Fermentation

Anaerobic glucose-breakdown pathway that produces ATP without the use of electron transfer chains.