What Component of Our World Acts Like the Car Seat

question 67

Multiple Choice

What component of our world acts like the car seat of a car left out in the sun and absorbs radiation and then re-emits it in a different form?

• A)the atmosphere
• B)the clouds
• C)the soil
• D)the ozone layer
• E)all of the above

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Definitions:

Production Possibilities Curve

A graphical representation showing the maximum quantity of goods and services that a society can produce with existing resources and technology, underlining the concept of opportunity cost.

Consumer Goods

Goods produced for direct consumption by the end customer, as opposed to goods used in the production of other goods.

Capital Goods

Physical assets that are used in the production of other goods and services and have a life expectancy of more than one year.

Production Possibilities Curve

A graphical representation that shows the maximum number of goods or services that can be produced efficiently with limited resources.