A Decrease in the Demand for Grain Due to Low-Carbohydrate

question 24

Multiple Choice

A decrease in the demand for grain due to low-carbohydrate diets will:

• A) increase the supply of bread
• B) increase the quantity supplied of bread
• C) decrease the supply of bread
• D) decrease the quantity of bread supplied

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Definitions:

Heterotrophs

Organisms that cannot synthesize their own food and rely on other organisms for nutrients.

Ecosystem Function

The natural processes and interactions that maintain the biodiversity and balance within an ecosystem, such as nutrient cycling and energy flow.

Decomposers

Organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms, and in doing so, carry out the natural process of decomposition.

Photosynthesis

Process, usually occurring within chloroplasts, that uses solar energy to reduce carbon dioxide to carbohydrate.