Cloud Seeding

question 96

Multiple Choice

Cloud seeding:

• A)has been of substantial benefit to farmers on the Great Plains.
• B)uses dry ice to increase the temperature of very cold clouds.
• C)uses silver iodide to promote homogeneous nucleation.
• D)has been able to increase rainfall in the Sierra Nevada under certain conditions.

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Definitions:

Input

Resources such as labor, materials, and capital used in the production of goods and services.

Average Fixed Cost

The fixed costs of production (costs that do not change with the level of output) divided by the quantity of output produced.

Output

The total quantity of goods or services produced by a firm or economy over a specific period.

Marginal Product

Refers to the additional output that is produced by adding one more unit of a specific input, assuming all other inputs are held constant.