The Idea of the Inheritance of Acquired Characters Holds That

question 15

Multiple Choice

The idea of the inheritance of acquired characters holds that

• A) the physical result of the use or disuse of organs could be passed from one generation to the next.
• B) the environment does not allow for certain accidentally acquired characteristics to be passed from one generation to the next.
• C) as a species adapts to an environment, changes in gene frequency are passed to the next generation.
• D) only those characteristics that are acquired may be inherited.

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Definitions:

Price Taker

A price taker is a firm or individual who has no power to influence the prices in a market, taking the prevailing prices as given.

Short-Run Supply Curve

A graphical representation showing the quantity of goods a firm is willing to produce and sell at different price levels in the short term.

Marginal Cost

The expenditure required to produce one more unit of a product or service.

Average Variable Cost

The variable cost per unit of output, calculated by dividing total variable costs by the quantity of output produced.