Primary Productivity

question 14

Multiple Choice

Primary productivity

• A) Is always greater than secondary productivity
• B) Is always less than secondary productivity
• C) Is always completely consumed by higher trophic levels
• D) Is all that is needed to calculate secondary productivity

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Definitions:

Fixed Costs

Costs that do not change with the level of output, remaining constant regardless of the scale of production or services provided.

Marginal Revenue

The additional income from selling one more unit of a good; sometimes equal to the price of the good.

Total Fixed Costs

The sum of all costs that remain constant regardless of the level of production or output in a business.

Recession

A period of declining real GDP, accompanied by lower real income and higher unemployment.