A Group Has Efficiently Identified and Defined a Problem If:​

question 18

Multiple Choice

A group has efficiently identified and defined a problem if:​ 

• A)​it has assigned members to conduct a library search on the problem.
• B)​its members unanimously establish criteria for discussing the problem.
• C)​consequences of the problem will not occur in future.
• D)​the problem is described vaguely.

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Definitions:

Biogeochemical Cycle

A natural process involving the circulation and transformation of chemicals in the Earth's ecosystems.

Food Webs

Complex networks of predators and prey showing the feeding relationships between organisms within an ecosystem.

Carbon Cycle

The series of processes by which carbon compounds are interconverted in the environment, chiefly involving the incorporation of carbon dioxide into living tissue by photosynthesis and its return to the atmosphere through respiration, decay of organisms, and the burning of fossil fuels.

Trophic Levels

The levels in an ecosystem, representing a step in the food chain or food web, characterized by organisms that share the same function in the food chain and the same nutritional relationship to the primary sources of energy.