Increasing Opportunity Cost While Moving Along a Production Possibilities Frontier

question 83

Multiple Choice

Increasing opportunity cost while moving along a production possibilities frontier is the result of

• A) taxes.
• B) firms' needs to produce profits.
• C) the fact that it is more difficult to use resources efficiently the more society produces.
• D) the fact that resources are not equally productive in alternative uses.

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Definitions:

Parenchyma

In plants, simple tissue composed of living, thin-walled cells; has various specialized functions such as photosynthesis.

Xylem

The vascular tissue in plants that conducts water and dissolved nutrients upwards from the root and also helps to form the woody element in the stem.

Phloem

A type of vascular tissue in plants responsible for transporting sugar, nutrients, and signals throughout the plant.

Transpiration

The process by which plants lose water vapor from their leaves and stems into the atmosphere, playing a critical role in plant and atmospheric water balance.