Match Each of the Following Terms with the Appropriate Definitions

question 22

Short Answer

Match each of the following terms with the appropriate definitions.
A. S corporation
B. Mutual agency
C. Partnership
D. Unlimited liability of partners
E. Partnership contract
F. C corporation
G. General partner
H. Limited liability partnership
I. Statement of partners' equity
J. Limited partnership
_____ 1. A financial statement that shows total capital balances at the beginning of the period, any additional investment by partners, the income or loss of the period, the partners' withdrawals, and the ending capital balances.
2. A partnership that has two classes of partners, limited partners and general partners. Limited partners have no personal liability beyond the amount they invest in the partnership, and have no active role except as specified in the partnership agreement.
_____ 3. A partnership that protects innocent partners from malpractice or negligence claims resulting from the acts of another partner.
4. The legal relationship among general partners that makes each of them personally responsible for paying the debts of the partnership if the partnership cannot pay.
_____ 5. The agreement between partners that sets terms under which the affairs of the partnership are conducted.
_____ 6. An unincorporated association of two or more persons to pursue a business for profit as co-owners.
_____ 7. A partner who assumes unlimited liability for the debts of the partnership.
_____ 8. The legal relationship among partners whereby each partner can commit or bind the partnership to any contract within the scope of the partnership's business.
_____ 9. A corporation that does not qualify for nor elect to be treated as a partnership for income tax purposes and therefore is subject to income taxes.
_____ 10. A corporation with 100 or fewer stockholders that can elect to be treated as a partnership for income tax purposes but retain the same limited liability as other corporations.

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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.