Which of the Following Statements About Manufacturers Is True

question 198

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about manufacturers is true?

• A) Industrial customers are concentrated in countries that are at the more advanced stages of economic development.
• B) Manufacturing output in the U.S. is shrinking.
• C) Countries with cheap labor have a slow rate of growth.
• D) Many factories are concentrated in rural areas of the U.S.
• E) Currently, U.S. manufacturing output is at its lowest point since 1980.

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Definitions:

Ecdysone

A hormone involved in the molting process of insects, driving the shedding of the old exoskeleton and the development of a new one.

Invertebrate Hormone

Hormones in invertebrates that regulate growth, metabolism, and development, similar to those in vertebrates but often with different functions and mechanisms.

Steroid

Lipid with four carbon rings, no fatty acid tails.

Exocrine Gland

Gland that secretes milk, sweat, saliva, or some other substance through a duct.