Influential Nineteenth-Century Scientists Like Charles Darwin Concluded That the Complex

question 13

Multiple Choice

Influential nineteenth-century scientists like Charles Darwin concluded that the complex adaptations we see in plants and animals are problematic and require a special explanation because

• A) a divine creator designed them.
• B) it is very unlikely that they arose by random chance alone.
• C) they occur in most plants and animals.
• D) they have no real function.

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Definitions:

Price Difference

The disparity in the cost between two related goods, markets, or time periods.

Long-run Equilibrium

A state in which all factors of production and outputs are variable, leading to a situation where all firms in a market are making normal profit.

Perfectly Competitive

characterizes a market structure where there are many buyers and sellers, all selling homogeneous products, with no single participant able to influence the market price of the product.

Conditions

The circumstances or factors affecting the way in which people live or work, especially with regard to their safety or well-being.