You Have Been Hiking, and as Night Falls and the Temperature

question 52

Multiple Choice

 You have been hiking, and as night falls and the temperature drops, the first part of your temperature regulation system to be activated is probably your ________, which will trigger your _________ to make you shiver.

• A) spinal cord; skin receptors
• B) skin receptors; hypothalamus
• C) brainstem; hypothalamus
• D) hypothalamus; skin receptors

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Definitions:

Economies of Scale

Cost advantages reaped by companies when production becomes efficient, as the scale of production and the quantity of output increase.

Price Discrimination

A pricing strategy where a seller charges different prices for the same product or service to different consumers, based on market segments, capacity to pay, or purchasing contexts.

Monopoly Power

The ability of a monopolist to significantly control market price or exclude competition in a particular market.

Price Discrimination

A pricing strategy where identical or substantially similar goods or services are sold at different prices to different buyers.