What Is a Taxonomy

question 49

Multiple Choice

What is a taxonomy?

• A) an adaptive trait due to convergent evolution
• B) a classification scheme where organisms are assigned to categories
• C) a trait inherited from a common ancestor
• D) a set of selective forces enacted on one lineage
• E) a way to define an organism's repertoire of social behaviors

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Definitions:

Marginal Private Cost

Marginal private cost is the cost that a producer incurs in making an additional unit of a good or service, excluding any external costs.

Socially Optimal

A state in which resources are allocated in the most efficient and equitable manner from a societal perspective.

Network Externality

A situation where the value or utility of a product or service to one user increases with the number of other users of the same or compatible products or services.

Marginal Private Benefits

The additional benefit received by consumers or producers from consuming or producing one more unit of a good or service.