The Oort Cloud Is Thought to Be

question 140

Multiple Choice

The Oort Cloud is thought to be:

• A)the cloud of gas and dust from which our solar system formed.
• B)a cloud of debris that occasionally encounters the Earth, causing a meteor shower.
• C)the spherical cloud of comets and some larger icy bodies surrounding the outer solar system.
• D)a cloud of asteroids moving between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
• E)the material in the ecliptic plane that creates the zodiacal light.

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Definitions:

Elasticity of Resource Demand

The measure of how much the quantity demanded of a resource changes in response to a change in its price.

MRP

Marginal Revenue Product, which is the additional revenue generated from employing one more unit of a resource.

Wage Rate

The amount of money paid to an employee per unit of time worked, often hourly, daily, or annually.

Complementary Resources

Goods or services that are used together, where the use of one increases the value or demand for the other.